World Press Freedom Day: Twitter is celebrating with #WorldPressFreedomDay

This year's theme "Media for Democracy, Journalism and Elections in Times of Disinformation" will keep discourse on the new wave of journalism seen worldwide.

The United Nations General Assembly declared May 3 to be World Press Freedom Day to raise awareness of the importance of freedom of the press and remind governments of their duty to respect and uphold the right to freedom of expression enshrined under Article 19 of the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights and marking the anniversary of the Windhoek Declaration, a statement of free press principles put together by African newspaper journalists in Windhoek in 1991.

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The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), the African Union and the Ethiopian government came out with a joint effort to celebrate World Press Freedom Day on May 3rd with series of events in Addis Ababa. This year's theme "Media for Democracy, Journalism and Elections in Times of Disinformation" will keep discourse on the new wave of journalism seen worldwide.

Today, Twitter is celebrating World Press Freedom Day with the hashtag #WorldPressFreedomDay. Let's have a look at how Twitter is celebrating.

António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations took to Twitter and posted, "No democracy is complete without access to transparent and reliable information."

No democracy is complete without access to transparent and reliable information. On #WorldPressFreedomDay, we must all defend the rights of journalists, whose efforts help us build a better world for all. pic.twitter.com/nas2ilN3qY

— António Guterres (@antonioguterres) May 2, 2019

There is no democracy without a free press, Tweets European Commission.

There is no democracy without a free press.The EU is committed to respecting the freedom of the media and the right to freedom of expression, which are enshrined in the EU's Charter of Fundamental Rights.#WorldPressFreedomDay pic.twitter.com/hdl2MY1VjK

— European Commission 🇪🇺 (@EU_Commission) May 3, 2019

UNESCO on Twitter wrote, "Journalism is not a crime."

Journalism is not a crime.Today we honor @Reuters reporters Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo with the @UNESCO Guillermo Cano World #PressFreedom Prize. They are serving a 7-year prison sentence in Myanmar for doing journalism.ℹ️ https://t.co/h3XvwpEA73 #WorldPressFreedomDay pic.twitter.com/QxJLlDqFtc

— UNESCO (@UNESCO) May 2, 2019