UNESCO awarded Thursday its World Press Freedom Prize to the entire Palestinian journalists protecting Gaza. This prize honors media employees selling press freedom, particularly in areas going through wars.
Whereas the deaths of 26 journalists throughout their work had been condemned and deplored by UNESCO since October 2023, it has been supporting media employees who report from Gaza by offering important equipments. UNESCO stated it acknowledges the intense results attributable to the battle in Gaza to the liberty of speech in journalism. Due to this fact, it urged collective actions and safety for reporters working in such troublesome conditions, not solely in Gaza but additionally in locations like Ukraine or Afghanistan.
Mauricio Weibel, the Chair of the Worldwide Jury of media professionals, stated:
In these instances of darkness and hopelessness, we want to share a robust message of solidarity and recognition to these Palestinian journalists who’re protecting this disaster in such dramatic circumstances. As humanity, we’ve an enormous debt to their braveness and dedication to freedom of expression.
The thirty first World Press Freedom Day Convention has been going down in Santiago, Chile between Could 2 and 4. It aligns with the World Press Freedom Day on Could 3, set to re-recognize the cruciality of journalism and freedom of expression in areas going through battle. Since 1997, the UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize is yearly awarded to an individual or group which has contributed to defend and promote the liberty of press on the earth.
Previously, UNESCO has paid tribute to girls journalists revealing the realities contained in the Gaza Strip on Worldwide Girls’s Day. At the moment, it additionally supported themed with humanitarian help and emergency provides, specializing in feminine employees there.
Source / Picture: jurist.org
