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14th World Press Freedom
Day
Reporters
Without Borders.
THE 2003 GLOBAL PRESS FREEDOM
WORLD TOUR
More than 130 journalists
are currently imprisoned around the world
just for doing their job. Forty-two were
killed in 2003 in the course of their work
or because of their opinions.
The Reporters Without Borders annual report
lists the attacks on press freedom worldwide
in 2003.
42 journalists were killed during the year,
mainly in Asia and the Middle East (especially
the Iraq war). It was the most since 1995.
766 others were arrested, at least 1,460
physically attacked or threatened and 501
media censored.
The 2003 Global Press Freedom World Tour,
published with support from the French magazine
Télérama, looks at the main
attacks on press freedom in five continents.
The report is on sale for 8 euros from
Reporters Without Borders head office. It
can also be downloaded on our website www.rsf.org
from 3 May.
THE LIST OF 37 PREDATORS OF PRESS FREEDOM
Each year, Reporters Without Borders publishes
a new list of the world's predators of press
freedom. Because they threaten the right
of all of us to be kept informed and to
inform others, we should know them and know
their faces. The profiles of these 37 predators
are in our latest book of photographs, Dominique
Issermann for Press Freedom, and can also
be seen on our website www.rsf.org.
You can also hear about the three we have
added to the list at the press conference
on 3 May at 10 a.m. at the FNAC Saint-Lazare,
in Paris.
PRESS FREEDOM UNDER THE PALM TREES : REPORTERS
WITHOUT BORDERS EXPOSES DICTATORSHIPS IN
"PARADISE"
Soft sandy beaches, palm trees and coconuts,
deep blue sea and spectacular temples…
Behind the tourist clichés, there's
quite another story. In Burma, Cuba, the
Maldives, the Seychelles, in Tunisia and
Vietnam, press freedom doesn't exist. Independent
journalists are seen as enemies of the state
and constantly hounded by the authorities.
FNAC Saint-Lazare, in Paris, is hosting
a press conference about dictatorships in
"paradise" on 3 May at 10 a.m.
Journalists and human rights campaigners
will talk about attacks on press freedom
in these countries. Reporters Without Borders
will also present its new book of photographs,
Dominique Issermann for Press Freedom, with
the author in attendance.
A NEW BOOK OF PHOTOGRAPHS : DOMINIQUE ISSERMANN
FOR PRESS FREEDOM
This year, we invite the public to once
again enjoy discovering the finest pictures
taken by a well-known photographer and,
at the same time, support the cause of press
freedom around the world.
This new Reporters Without Borders book
of photos features the work of Dominique
Issermann. She has photographed all the
big stars and worked in the advertising
and fashion worlds. She has allowed us to
reprint her work over 80 pages.
The book was produced with support from
the FNAC leisure chain and France's Centre
region and will be on sale at newsstands,
bookshops and supermarkets with the help
in France of the Nouvelles Messageries de
la Presse Parisienne (NMPP), the Relay network
and Interforum Editis, who are giving their
services free.
152 pages - 6 £ - $ 10 - Can $ 12.75
- 8 euros - from 3 May 2004. Cover and photos
to promote the book are available free of
charge at www.rsf.org - click 'media downloads.'
PUBLICITY CAMPAIGN : "UNIMAGINABLE
IN FRANCE MAYBE, BUT IT'S ALREADY HAPPENING
IN MORE THAN 50 COUNTRIES"
Reporters Without Borders is making people
aware of its daily battle for press freedom
by launching a publicity drive on TV, radio
and in the written press.
You can see the TV campaign, by Wilfrid
Brimo of Wanda Productions, at our website
www.rsf.org ('media downloads') and also
hear the radio spots (by Chez Jean Production).
The written press campaign will present
three situations not seen in France but
unfortunately possible in other countries.
They contain tough messages saying that
journalists are public enemies.
If you want to have any of these campaign
packs, you can order them from presse@rsf.org
or communication@rsf.org
PRESS FREEDOM UNDER THE PALM TREES
REPORTERS WITHOUT BORDERS EXPOSES DICTATORSHIPS
IN "PARADISE"
Monday 3 May, 10 a.m., at FNAC Saint-Lazare,
in Paris with
Robert Ménard, secretary-general
of Reporters Without Borders, and photographer
Dominique Issermann
with contributions by journalists and human
rights campaigners from dictatorships in
"paradise."
Please confirm you will be attending by
e-mailing us at communication@rsf.org or
phoning (33) (0)1 4483-8472/73
Media contacts : Tel : (33) (0) 1 4483-8472/
73 / Communications / Press - communication2@rsf.org
/ communication@rsf.org
Reporters Without Borders
defends imprisoned journalists and press
freedom throughout the world, as well as
the right to inform the public and to be
informed, in accordance with Article 19
of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
Reporters Without Borders has nine national
sections (in Austria, Belgium, France, Germany,
Italy, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and the
United Kingdom), representatives in Abidjan,
Bangkok, Istanbul, Montreal, Moscow, New
York, Tokyo and Washington and more than
a hundred correspondents worldwide.
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