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UNESCO voices concern over killing of newspaper editor in Libya

28 May 2014
The head of the United Nations agency tasked with defending press freedom today voiced deep concern over the killing of newspaper editor Meftah Bouzid in Libya earlier this week.
A young Timorese man in Dili reads a local daily, the Suara Timor Lorosae, as World Press Freedom Day (3 May) approaches.
UN Photo/Martine Perret

On World Day, UN cites press freedom as critical to reaching development goals

3 May 2014
The United Nations is marking World Press Freedom Day today with an appeal to all States, societies and individuals to actively defend press freedom as a fundamental right and as a critical contribution to achieving and sustaining the Millennium Development Goals
High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay.
UN Photo/Paulo Filgueiras

UN human rights chief condemns crackdown on journalists in Ethiopia

2 May 2014
The United Nations human rights chief today condemned the crackdown on journalists in Ethiopia and the increasing restrictions on freedom of opinion and expression in the Horn of Africa nation.