World Press Freedom Day in 2021

World Press Freedom Day Quick Facts - GB 2021

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2021 Date	3 May 2021
2022 Date	3 May 2022

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World Press Freedom Day in

Monday, 3 May

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World Press Freedom Day in 2021

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.

Top X Posts (formerly Tweets) for World Press Freedom Day - in 2021

Updated 22:44

For months I've tried to secure a video-meeting between a group of MPs and Julian Assange, in jail in the UK because the US wants him extradited for exposing war crimes. The UK authorities have prevented this Today on World Press Freedom Day they should permit this to go ahead.
— Richard Burgon MP (@RichardBurgon) May 3, 2021

RTHK journalist Nabela Qoser, often under pro-Beijing camp fire for asking tough questions, has to leave the public broadcaster by the end of May, @StandNewsHK reported. Today is the World Press Freedom Day by the way. https://t.co/UuoEau39dW https://t.co/Uoqgri5M8E
— Kris Cheng (@krislc) May 3, 2021

Today, May 3, is World Press Freedom Day, and young people are expressing their gratitude to the media for standing with the people during the Spring Revolution, and for the freedom of the media and the release of detained journalists. #May3Coup https://t.co/aQpHY8V1TB
— Daniel (@KyawSitThway4) May 3, 2021

NEW: for World Press Freedom Day, we invite you to download our TRUTH ASSANGE face mask available at https://t.co/ExmK4nideB - print the mask, take a selfie, and share it with #WorldPressFreedomDay and #DontExtraditeAssange https://t.co/gA0TGCXupB
— Don't Extradite Assange (@DEAcampaign) May 2, 2021

Today, World Press Freedom Day, we reiterate our call for the junking of the Anti-Terror Law. Here's why. #JunkAntiTerrorLaw #DefendPressFreedom https://t.co/0WCN0PrKa9
— NUJP (@nujp) May 3, 2021

“A free press is the unsleeping guardian of every other right that free men prize” - Winston Churchill As we mark the Word Press Freedom Day today, it is worth remembering that to safeguard our way of life and democracy, we must protect journalists and promote media freedom. https://t.co/GRYDUvYVEl
— UK in Hong Kong 🇬🇧 (@UKinHongKong) May 3, 2021

On World Press Freedom Day I’d like to send a huge thanks to all my colleagues in #Donbass who risk their lives on a daily basis. They go straight to the contact line, often without fear for their own safety to bring you the truth. Today my thoughts will be with them. https://t.co/UpV85DJtGs
— Dean O'Brien - BA (Hons) (@DeanoBeano1) May 3, 2021

As the world celebrates #PressFreedomDay, Julian Assange remains in Belmarsh prison My latest via @TheCanaryUK h/t @DanielEllsberg #WorldPressFreedomDay https://t.co/jVLufQJyxo
— Mohamed Elmaazi (@MElmaazi) May 2, 2021

“I think we are both resolute in our support for free press” - Secretary of State Blinken in a press briefing today with Foreign Secretary Raab. These words on World Press Freedom Day are insulting and meaningless while your countries keep #Assange in prison. #FreeAssangeNow. https://t.co/CL2VGLktEp
— Kristinn Hrafnsson (@khrafnsson) May 3, 2021

Today (May 3) is the World Press Freedom Day. Over 80 journalists in Myanmar have been arrested, and more than half of them are still detained. Medias getting their license revoked and their offices raided. #Internetshutdown has also made flow of information difficult. 1/ https://t.co/QKd2qBihu6
— Milk Tea Alliance Burma (@ZtozM) May 3, 2021