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Frank La Rue, Special Rapporteur on freedom of expression.
UN Photo/Jean-Marc Ferré

UN rights expert voices concern over prison term for Panamanian journalists

28 October 2010
The United Nations independent expert on the right to the freedom of opinion and expression today voiced concern over a prison sentence for two Panamanian journalists, who had earlier been acquitted on charges of slander and libel.
Irina Bokova, Director-General of UNESCO

UNESCO chief speaks out against killing of Iraqi cameraman

6 October 2010
The head of the United Nations agency tasked with upholding press freedom today condemned the killing of an Iraqi cameraman who died in a car bombing 80 kilometres west of Baghdad, making him the third journalist to be murdered in the country in less than one month.