IFJ Member Unions' Activities World Press Freedom Day 2003

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Who: International Federation of Journalists
Activity: Press Freedom is Worth Living for - Launch of the International News Safety Institute
Place: International Press Centre Résidence Palace, Brussels, Belgium
Time: 2pm, May 2
Information: INSI web site

Who: International Federation of Journalists, Asia
Activity: IFJ launches a report on press freedom in Asia on the IFJ Journalism for Tolerance prize giving ceremony and Forum on World Press Freedom Day
Place: New Delhi, India
Time: May 2
Information: Media release and report (PDF-format)

Who: Deutsche Journalisten-Verband, Germany
Activity: DJV awards the 2004 press freedom prize to Olga Kitowa, Russian journalist
Place: International Press Centre Résidence Palace, Brussels, Belgium
Information: DJV press release, in German

Who: Thai Journalists Association, Thailand
Activity: Seminar examining press freedom and the 1997 Constitution
Place: Naoum Plaza Hotel, Brasilia
Time: May 3-4

Who: the Nepal Press Union, Nepal
Activity: Workshop on Peace Talk and Role of Press
Place: Kathmandu
Time: May 4

Who: Syndicat National des Journalistes du Cameroun (SNJC), Cameroun
Activity: The Journalists' union have issued a statement (in French) for press freedom day 2003.

Who: Trade Union of Croatian Journalists
Activity: Five Minutes of Roaring Silence
Place: Naoum Plaza Hotel, Brasilia
Time: 11.55-12.00, May 3
Information: Statement from the Croatian Union

Who: Federaçao Nacional do Jornalistas (FENAJ), Brazil
Activity: Beth Costa, FENAJ president, speaks at seminar on press freedom
Place: Naoum Plaza Hotel, Brasilia
Time: 1:30-7 p.m, May 8
Information: www.anj.org.br/eventos/liberdade</a>

Who: NUJ, UK
Activity: Journalists at War, a debate organised by the Press Freedom Network, chaired by Robin Lustig
Place: The Oliver Thomson Lecture Theatre, City University, London
Time: 10.00, May 2