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Please note: Many of our publications are available to either read online or to download. Just click on the Adobe Acrobat Reader icon which is located to the left of the "Request by mail" button. It may take a long time to view some of these publications due to their size. If you would like a mailed copy of a publication, and you live within the U.S., we will be happy to send you a copy. Please be sure to include your mailing address in your request.
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Independent Media in Exile
This is the record of a conference WPFC organized in Stockholm, Sweden 21-23 Oct. 2010 for 30 exile media outlets from 15 countries under dictatorships, to compare their experiences, create a mutual help network, and inform press freedom groups and donors of the challenges they face to provide truthful news to their home countries and diasporas. Written by Barry James
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Insult Laws: In Contempt of Justice
The World Press Freedom Committee has released the new edition of its global insult laws survey. Written by Uta Melzer
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The Right to Offend, Shock or Disturb: A Guide to Evolution of Insult Laws in 2007 and 2008
Prefaced by WPFC Chairman Richard N. Winfield, introduction by French expert Caroline Fourest, edited by WPFC European Representative Ronald Koven. The report reviews the evolution of insult laws in 58 representative countries worldwide, published in August 2009. Written by Carolyn R. Wendell
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Beijing Olympics 2008: Winning Press Freedom
Edited by Barry James and Ronald Koven. This publication, which includes the background papers and the texts of the conference held in Paris, April 18-19, 2008, provides background of Chinas commitment made to the International Olympic Committee regarding press freedom during the Olympics, describes how journalists covering the Beijing Olympic Games can avoid troubles there, and how they may be able to get around censorship of their coverage. Written by WPFC
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New Media: The Press Freedom Dimension
Edited by Barry James and Ronald Koven. This publication contains texts and summaries of the presentations made during a conference Feb. 15-16, 2007, in Paris at UNESCO headquarters, on New Media: The Press Freedom Dimension. The conference, organized by WPFC and co-sponsored by WAN and UNESCO, involved more than 40 presenters and moderators as well as attendees from more than 50 countries. A statement prepared by the Coordinating Committee of Press Freedom Organizations on press freedom in new media was endorsed by acclamation and is included in this publication. Written by WPFC
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At the Center of the Storm
Address by Joergen Ejboel, in the 19th Annual Andersen-Ottaway Lecture Series, April 11, 2007. Written by WPFC
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Its A Crime: How Insult Laws Stifle Press Freedom
Edited by Marilyn J. Greene, former executive director of WPFC. This report updates WPFCs comprehensive 2000 survey of insult laws and includes reports of laws invoked as well as progress toward reform or repeal of such laws during 2006, published April 2007. Written by WPFC
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Why Press Freedom is Disappearing in the Post-Communist World
Address by Henrikas Yushkiavitshus, in the 18th Annual Harold W. Andersen Lecture Series, Dec. 9, 2004. Written by WPFC
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Amicus Curiae Briefs
against insult and criminal defamation laws. This model brief provides useful arguments in legal form against these restrictions for adaptation and use in any country, April 2004 (available in both English and Spanish). Written by Kevin Goldberg
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The Challenges of Covering China Today
Address by Robert L. Bernstein and Xu Wenli, in the 17th Annual Harold W. Andersen Lecture Series, Dec. 2, 2003. Written by WPFC
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