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05 May 2008

Press Freedom Links

The Committee to Protect Journalists is an independent, nonprofit organization that promotes press freedom worldwide by defending the rights of journalists to report the news without fear of reprisal.

http://www.cpj.org/

The Freedom Forum, based in Washington, is a nonpartisan foundation dedicated to free press, free speech and free spirit for all people. It funds the Newseum, an interactive museum on the history of the news media.

http://www.freedomforum.org/templates/document.asp?documentID=4020 and

Freedom House, a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization, works to advance the political and economic freedom worldwide. It issues an annual report on the state of press freedom.

http://www.freedomhouse.org/template.cfm?page=1

Human Rights Watch, an independent organization supported by private contributions, seeks to advance human rights worldwide. Its Web site has a special section devoted to press freedom.

http://hrw.org/doc/?t=press_freedom

The International Center for Journalists promotes quality journalism worldwide, with a focus on training journalists to promote effective, independent news media.

http://www.icfj.org/

Internews is an international media development organization that seeks to empower people worldwide with information, the ability to connect, and the means to make their voices heard.

http://www.internews.org/

The PEN American Center works to advance literature, to defend free expression, and to foster international literary fellowship.

http://www.pen.org/

Reporters Without Borders defends journalists imprisoned or persecuted for doing their job and fights against censorship and laws that undermine press freedom.

http://www.rsf.org/rubrique.php3?id_rubrique=20

The World Press Freedom Committee, an umbrella organization for 45 journalistic groups, aims to create a global environment in which the news media can be free and independent.

http://www.wpfc.org/index.html