[CPJ’s 2020 International Press Freedom Awards]
Meryl Streep: “Whether covering the pandemic or protests, journalists everywhere are under attack. The very truth they seek to bring us is under attack.”
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Maria Ressa
CPJ Awards Celebrate Free Media and Power of the Press
IPI ORGANIZATION: KILLING OF JOURNALISTS DOWN IN 2019, BUT LEGAL HARASSMENT AND SMEAR CAMPAIGNS INCREASED
[Press Freedom\Independant Press Institute]
IPI Executive Director Barbara Trionfi: “2019 has seen a clear drop in the number of journalists killed to the lowest level in 20 years…We certainly welcome this development. However, we fear it may be a direct consequence of increased authoritarian tendencies in many countries, where alternative means of silencing the press, such as twisting the law to harass and jail critical journalists while smearing independent media, have been adopted.”
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