Frontline UK Hosts Debate on Gov’ts Impeding Press Freedom in War Zones (video)
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UNESCO Committee on Communication and Information representative presents award for research into press freedom. Debate discusses anti-press actions that have impeded the free flow of information about civilian suffering in war-zones ranging from Gaza to Sri Lanka to Iraq. The debate is hosted and moderated by William Horsley, of the Association of European Journalists.
Our understanding of conflict is shaped by the images and information we receive, making far-reaching and penetrating journalism crucially important. Yet in every conflict, from the recent war in Gaza to the protracted conflict in Sri Lanka, all sides seek to use the media as a weapon.
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Debate about Gaza includes the prohibition on western journalists being allowed in; some viewed this as an attempt to impede the flow of information, but it was also argued that Palestinian journalists, and some daring Israeli press, were reporting from the war-zone, though ‘ethn0centrism’ may have prevented western media from using their reports.
The event was held to mark the celebration of World Press Freedom Day, a celebration which has increasingly reported the systematic and sometimes brutal persecution of journalists in many countries around the world, including the wave of assassinations of prominent Russian journalists —like Anna Politkovskaya—, whistleblowers and human rights activists, over the last several years.
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