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World Press Freedom Day

Links

· The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has a special website devoted to World Press Freedom Day in general, with information on a specific theme each year. Check it out at www.unesco.org/press-freedom-day/.

· The World Association of Newspapers also has a special site devoted to World Press Freedom Day, at www.fiej.org.

· The following organizations are all dedicated to freedom of expression and of the press and have informative websites on Canadian and international issues:
Advocates in Defence of Expression in the Media www.adidem.org
Canadian Journalists for Free Expression www.cjfe.org
Canadian Newspaper Association www.cna-acj.ca
Inter American Press Association www.sipiapa.org
International Freedom of Expression Exchange www.ifex.org
Fédération professionnelle des journalistes du Québec www.fpjq.org
Freedom House www.freedomhouse.org
Pen Canada www.pencanada.ca

· Download your own copy of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms at http://laws.justice.gc.ca/en/charter/index.html.

· Download your own copy of the UN's Universal Declaration of Human Rights at www.unhchr.ch/udhr/lang/eng.htm.