World Press Freedom Day 2016 - #WPFD2016
On May 3rd, the fundamental principles of press freedom are celebrated around the world. It is an opportunity to recall the crucial role of the right to information for any democratic society, and the need to protect and promote media freedom and the safety of journalists who can act as public watchdog in the citizens' interest.
OBC is taking part to this endeavour through the project European Centre for Press and Media Freedom. During the last year, OBC supported the circulation of information on media freedom in 11 languages with a network of 13 media partners in South East Europe and Turkey, promoted access to relevant information by launching the Resource Centre on Media Freedom and enriched Wikipedia entries on media freedom and pluralism in Europe with the project Wiki4MediaFreedom.
