REJECT THAT ROYAL CHARTER WORLD MEDIA TELLS THE QUEEN AS JOURNALISTS UNDER THREAT 2013:A group of leading global press freedom and media organisations have written an open letter to Queen Elizabeth II asking her to reject a proposed Royal Charter that would impose repressive statutory controls on the British press. “For more than three centuries since Britain abolished the last set of statutory controls on the press in 1695, the United Kingdom has been a consistent champion of the most crucial freedom of all freedom of expression and a beacon of liberty across the world,” said the letter, signed by seven international media organizations.The letter was signed by the following members of the Coordinating Committee of Press Freedom Organizations: Commonwealth Press Union Trust, The Worldwide Magazine Media Association (FIPP), the Inter American Press Association, the International Association of Broadcasting, the International Press Institute, the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA), and the World Press Freedom Committee.
Posted on: Thu, 24 Oct 2013 20:15:37 +0000
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