Programs

WPFC programs include:

  • Maintain front line for press freedom at the United Nations, UNESCO and the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE);
  • Monitoring of media-related issues under discussion at inter-governmental bodies;
  • Coordination of actions and policies of free-press organizations;
  • Advocacy of free-press principles;
  • Presentation of the annual Harold W. Andersen Lecture, focusing on a current issue of importance to press freedom;
  • A global campaign to eliminate “insult laws” used by public authorities against journalists and media scrutinizing the behavior and or policies of government officials;
  • Administration of a Fund Against Censorship providing legal assistance to journalists who are prosecuted for their work;
  • Implementation of joint activities for a global Coordinating Committee of Press Freedom Organizations.
     

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