World Press Freedom Day in 2024

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ℹ HashtagsCompiled on08:29	#WorldPressFreedomDay, #WPFD2024
Related Hashtags	#LetHimGoJoe, #PressFreedom, #FreeAssange
2024 Date	3 May 2024
2025 Date	3 May 2025

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World Press Freedom Day in

Friday, 3 May

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Top X Posts (formerly Tweets) for World Press Freedom Day -
in 2024

Updated 08:27

On World Press Freedom Day 2024 we are calling on @POTUS to immediately drop all charges against our member Julian Assange in the name of #PressFreedom. #LetHimGoJoe #FreeAssange #MEAAmedia Show more
— MEAA (@withMEAA) May 3, 2024

Today is World Press Freedom Day. It is a reminder of the importance of journalism to our democracy. But journalists cannot do their job without whistleblowers. And on Monday a whistleblower will be sentenced for giving documents to the ABC. Another will face trial in September. Show more
— Kieran Pender (@KieranHRLC) May 2, 2024

It’s Press Freedom Day and we have many challenges in Australia and around the world. Journalists and media workers must be able to do their jobs with #NoFearNoFavour And the Oz govt needs to increase the pressure on @POTUS to Show more
— Karen Percy (@PercyKaren) May 2, 2024

On World Press Freedom day I have joined with my co-chairs of the Parliamentary Friends of Julian Assange to call for his immediate release. As we stated, “there is no justice, compassion, or reasonable purpose in the further persecution of Mr Assange” Show more
— David Shoebridge (@DavidShoebridge) May 3, 2024

It's World Press Freedom Day & Julian Assange starts his 1850th day in a maximum security prison cell. #WPFD was established to celebrate the value of truth & to protect the people who work courageously to uncover it. Show more
— People For Assange (@people4assange) May 2, 2024

Today, May 3, marks World Press Freedom Day, and we want to take a minute to say thank you to our readers. In a world where disinformation and propaganda are weapons of war, we aim to continue to be able to put up a good fight for truth. Show more
— The Kyiv Independent (@KyivIndependent) May 3, 2024

It's World Press Freedom Day. And nobody deserves our respect, solidarity and admiration today more than the brave and determined journalists of Gaza. We would be blind without them and they are the best of us.
— Barry Malone (@malonebarry) May 3, 2024

ALERT Policemen acting on the orders of the Inspector General of Police abducted @fijnigeria reporter @Mazi_OJD on Wednesday. FIJ only discovered this today, the World Press Freedom Show more
— Fisayo Soyombo (@fisayosoyombo) May 3, 2024

Today is #WorldPressFreedomDay. With Julian Assange being murdered slowly in his cell in the UK's Belmarsh high security hell. Impossible to celebrate press freedom unless he is released. Today would be a good day.
— Yanis Varoufakis (@yanisvaroufakis) May 3, 2024

Another World Press Freedom Day has arrived without any significant reforms by any level of government to improve #pressfreedom in Australia. https://meaa.org/mediaroom/world-press-freedom-day-2024-another-year-wasted/… #MEAAmedia #LetHimGoJoe #NoFearNoFavour Show more
— MEAA (@withMEAA) May 2, 2024

World Press Freedom Day in 2024

World Press Freedom Day acts as a reminder of the importance of a free press in a functioning and safe society and serves to commemorate the journalists who have lost their lives in support of the free press.