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World Press Freedom Day: Celebrating Media Rights

World Press Freedom Day highlights the critical role of a free press in supporting democracy and informed societies. Discover the challenges faced by journalists and the significance of media rights in today's world.

Edward Girardet·
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Global Geneva partners with Cartooning for Peace Foundation, Geneva.

See the Reporters without Borders/Réporters sans Frontières 2019 World Press Freedom Index: A Cycle of Fear. English Edition and French Edition.

“The only security of all is in a free press.” ― Thomas Jefferson

“Arguing that you don’t care about the right to privacy because you have nothing to hide is no different than saying you don’t care about free speech because you have nothing to say.” ― Edward Snowden

“A free press can, of course, be good or bad, but, most certainly without freedom, the press will never be anything but bad.” ― Albert Camus

“A free press is one where it’s ok to state the conclusion you’re led to by the evidence.” ― Bill Moyers

“Freedom of the Press, if it means anything at all, means the freedom to criticize and oppose” ― George Orwell

“Whoever would overthrow the liberty of a nation must begin by subduing the freeness of speech.” – Benjamin Franklin

“Freedom of conscience, of education, of speech, of assembly are among the very fundamentals of democracy and all of them would be nullified should freedom of the press ever be successfully challenged.” – Franklin D, Roosevelt

Global Geneva partner Cartooning for Peace is a Geneva-based non-profit foundation working with cartoonists worldwide.