Assaults on press freedom, here and abroad, endanger democracy (Guest Opinion by Roy Gutterman)
Updated Apr 30, 2021;
Posted Apr 30, 2021
Supporters of President Donald Trump break TV equipment outside the the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington. AP
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Roy S. Gutterman is an associate professor and director of the at the Newhouse School at Syracuse University.
In 1991, a group of international journalists and press freedom advocates convened in Windhoek, Namibia, to forge a declaration for press freedom for media, governments and citizens around the world.
The Declaration of Windhoek on Promoting and Independent and Pluralistic African Press incorporated the United Nation’s Universal Declaration of Human Rights Article 19, which calls for press freedom around the world. The Windhoek Declaration has been annually memorialized through UNESCO’s World Press Freedom Day, recognized on May 3.