WORLD PRESS FREEDOM DAY - May 3

"World Press Freedom Day reminds us all – governments, intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations as well as civil society – of the crucial role a free press plays in strengthening democracies and fostering development around the world."

The Media as a Force for Change
http://www.un.org/events/pressday/2006

World Press Freedom Day
http://www.un.org/depts/dhl/press

World Press Freedom Day 2006 - 3 May
Media, Development and Poverty Eradication

http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/ev.php-URL_ID=21615&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html

Deaths of Journalists Threaten World Freedoms
http://www.newssafety.com/stories/insi/wpfd030506.htm

World Press Freedom Day 2006 - 'There Can Be No Press Freedom if Journalists Exist in Conditions of Corruption Poverty or Fear'
http://www.ifj.org/default.asp?Index=3875&Language=EN

World Press Freedom Day in Pictures
http://todayspictures.slate.com/20060503

Committee to Protect Journalists Special Report 2006
http://www.cpj.org/censored/index.html

59 journalists who died covering the news in 2005 added to Journalists Memorial
http://www.freedomforum.org/templates/document.asp?documentID=18086

World Press Freedom Day: Our annual survey and new list of predators; RSF
http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=17084

Release of Jill Carroll : A 'Huge Relief'
http://www.unobserver.com/index.php?pagina=layout4.php&id=2232&blz=1

Join the online forum for World Press Freedom Day
http://ijnet.org/Director.aspx?P=DiscussionArticle&ID=304915&LID=1

U.S.: Strange Bedfellows Unite to Save the Internet http://www.unobserver.com/index.php?pagina=layout5.php&id=2283&blz=1

Handbook for bloggers and cyber-dissidents
http://www.rsf.org/rubrique.php3?id_rubrique=542

IRAQ: What Can You Believe?
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=33078

U.S.: A Chill in the Air
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=33085