Amnesty commemorates "mighty blog"

May 3 was World Press Freedom Day. Unfortunately, we did not mark it in the Blogmanac, so here is a belated note.

On World Press Freedom Day, Amnesty International celebrates "the mighty blog" as having "profound implications for press freedom and human rights." The organization states, "People in Iran and China have used blogs to expose violations by their governments and provide the outside world with information." Yet, in both countries, "the authorities have increasingly targeted bloggers to stifle dissent." According to Freedom House's annual survey, "the United States has suffered 'notable setbacks' in press freedom," slipping to 24th of 194 countries.
Source: Inter Press Service News Agency via PRWatch

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