World Press Freedom Day in 2023

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2023 Date	May 3, 2023
2024 Date	May 3, 2024

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World Press Freedom Day in 2023

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.

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Today is the UN Press Freedom Day. For those of us in Canada with the passage of Bill C-11 we say it differently, "the un-free press day." Since 2018 most of Canada's press has been receiving payments from the government and conforming their reporting to the desires of their… https://t.co/C9QjC45Ry2 https://t.co/ylbQ8Nq7YH
— National Citizens Inquiry (NCI | CeNC) (@Inquiry_Canada) May 4, 2023

British Ambassador John Pearson and Canadian Charge d'Affaires Bob Paquin expressed their commitment to freedom of expression today on World Press Freedom Day. https://t.co/aTB1JKu9JZ
— Canada in Laos (@CanadainLaos) May 3, 2023

On World Press Freedom Day, we call for the immediate release of Julian Assange, who has spent 4 years in a maximum security prison. We cannot stand by and let governments silence those who seek to expose the truth. Today, let’s defend free & democratic journalism everywhere.
— Jeremy Corbyn (@jeremycorbyn) May 3, 2023

Today is World Press Freedom Day, the fourth one journalist Frenchie Mae Cumpio of Eastern Vista commemorates in jail. #FreeFrenchieMaeCumpio #DefendPressFreedom #JunkAntiTerrorLaw #WPFD2023 https://t.co/9a6seg4roe
— BAYAN MUNA Partylist (@BayanMuna) May 3, 2023

Today is World Press Freedom Day, leave a message for South African journalists.
— Man’s NOT Barry Roux  (@AdvoBarryRoux) May 3, 2023

On Press Freedom Day, media workers endure challenges in and out of newsrooms https://t.co/yc31YOuVCC
— Unifor Local 2000 (@Unifor2000) May 1, 2023

The regime sentenced blogger Raman Pratasevich, who was on the Ryanair plane, to 8 years in jail. Two other bloggers behind @nexta_tv were sentenced in absentia to 20 and 19 years. This is a slap in the international community’s face since today is the World Press Freedom Day. https://t.co/lt8CFsPKDV
— Hanna Liubakova (@HannaLiubakova) May 3, 2023

Next week! Join us as we celebrate World Press Freedom Day in Mozambique with national and international partners to discuss the essential role members of the media have in defending and advancing the truth, freely and independently. @saranichollsCAN @NLinMozambique @PaulGomis20 https://t.co/GpH2Nqn98d
— Canada in Mozambique, Angola, and Eswatini (@CanHCMozambique) April 26, 2023

Today is the world’s Press Freedom Day & how we can forget @arsched . Fearless. Outspoken. Direct. Clear (about his investigation) . Authentic source of information- Arshad Shareef. https://t.co/WyfKo4JLWB
— Amina Zubair (@amnakhani123) May 3, 2023

National Citizen's inquiry is in Day 2 in Vancouver taking testimony about Canada's pandemic response. Today is UN World Press Freedom Day. @elonmusk , WHY is Twitter restricting the reach of the inquiry? https://t.co/dUeOM9hXNK
— 🇨🇦 SQeptic (@S_Qeptic) May 3, 2023