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TEXT: World Press Freedom Day
2011, 21st Century Media: New Frontiers, New Barriers
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SALIM AMIN: What does press freedom mean to me?
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Press freedom means the ability
for journalists to be able to cover their
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stories without interference —
without obstacles being placed
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in their way, without fear of
arrest, fear of imprisonment,
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fear of death. Press freedom
means the ability to be able to express
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yourself in whatever medium you
choose without fear of repercussion.
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IHAB AL JARIRI: The journalist as a person — not as an
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organization — can make the
whole change he wants in the society
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by himself. The Internet and
the new media give us a good
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space to make the change that we wanted
in the society.
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DALIA ZIADA: In suppressed communities like Egypt, and
different countries in the
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Middle East, the Internet was
like the gates that opened the
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door for freedom of expression,
for women’s rights and for people.
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YOANI SANCHEZ: I have learned about
the power of kilobytes, the
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power of a monitor, a computer.
Since I began, many Cubans have
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joined this “Freedom of Speech
Virus” as I call it. They have
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created blogs on the Internet
and used Twitter as a speech platform.
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WALAA HAWARI: Mobiles are now a way
of bringing the whole picture to
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the world while a person is just
walking in the street. So, every
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individual is a part of the
media, whether we like it or not.
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SALIM AMIN: This is why I think our
jobs as journalists have become
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even more important than they
were a few years ago because we
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have so much more information we
have to sift through and it’s
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vital that there is a
journalistic filter that this
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information goes through that
authenticates it and checks it.
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WALAA HAWARI: We need freedom, yes — we still
need freedom — because some
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regions and some countries —
some regimes — they express
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limitations and they do put a
kind of restraint on these media.
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MUHAMMAD UMER: The media has started to
assert itself. It is playing a
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very vital role and giving a
voice to the civil society, but there
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are a lot of dangers for
media persons.
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WANDEE SUNTIVUTIMETEE: The freedom of expression is
very important, especially for the people inside
Burma. The
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last time I went to interview
Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, many military
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intelligence follow me, and they
want to know who I am, so I
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have to be careful. Every time I
work in Burma, my life is dangerous.
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SALIM AMIN: I’ve been very close to
people that have had tragedies
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in the line of duty. This has obviously spurred us to
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keep their memories going and to
try and make sure that it was
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not in vain.
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TEXT: In Memoriam 5/2010–5/2011
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[UNESCO list of journalists who died in the line of duty 5/2010–5/2011]
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TEXT: International Information Programs