May 3 marks the twentieth annual World Press Freedom Day, aimed at calling attention to the fundamental right to freedom of expression and threats to this right.
May 3 was proclaimed World Press Freedom Day the United Nations General Assembly in 1993, and freedom of expression is enshrined in Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
In a report to mark the day, Amnesty International said Syrian rebels and regime forces are both responsible for killing, arresting and torturing scores of journalists since the Syrian conflict began more than two years ago.
The Committee to Protect Journalists has meanwhile released its annual list countries where journalists are murdered regularly and governments fail to solve the crimes.
The group’s 2013 Impunity Index is led by Iraq, followed by Somalia, the Philippines, Sri Lanka, Colombia, Afghanistan, Mexico, Pakistan, Russia, and Brazil.
Freedom House, a U.S.-based democracy-monitoring organization, said media freedom throughout the world declined last year to its lowest point in almost a decade.
The group’s annual “Freedom of the Press” report said its research showed “negative trends in most regions of the world.”
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