May 03, 2012
The Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), José Miguel Insulza, said today that freedom in the practice of journalism is a basic pillar of democracy, and called on governments and societies as a whole to respect that right in an effort to build more just and democratic societies.
The head of the OAS strongly condemned violence against journalists around the world, and interpreted attacks against them as an expression of shameful intolerance, contradictory to the principles of peace and freedom we all seek. He also expressed concern about the statistics indicating that, in recent years, press freedom has declined worldwide...
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