{"id":274,"date":"2023-05-04T05:28:51","date_gmt":"2023-05-04T05:28:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/panzambia.org\/?p=274"},"modified":"2023-05-04T05:28:51","modified_gmt":"2023-05-04T05:28:51","slug":"press-statement-on-the-occasion-of-world-press-freedom-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/panzambia.org\/?p=274","title":{"rendered":"PRESS STATEMENT ON THE OCCASION OF WORLD PRESS FREEDOM  DAY"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>PAN PRESS STATEMENT <\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE <\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>LUSAKA 3<\/b><b>rd <\/b><b>May 2023 <\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>PRESS STATEMENT ON THE OCCASION OF WORLD PRESS FREEDOM <\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>DAY <\/b><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Pan Press Freedom Day Statement\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/y-pgiK-gOGg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The Paralegal Alliance Network Joins the Press and all people of good will who<\/p>\n<p>believe in the freedom of the media and agrees with the Press Freedom Day<\/p>\n<p>theme, \u201cShaping a Future of Rights: Freedom of expression as a driver for all<\/p>\n<p>other human rights\u201d. Yes this is timely because freedom of expression is indeed<\/p>\n<p>a fundamental human right.<\/p>\n<p>We recognize the efforts the media is making to ensure information on a<\/p>\n<p>number of issues including, most important to us, access to justice and human<\/p>\n<p>rights is brought to the attention of the public and those in authority who are<\/p>\n<p>given the responsibility of protecting and defending peoples\u2019 rights.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, we encourage the media to continue reporting on human rights<\/p>\n<p>abuses such as police brutality, over detention, violation of workers\u2019 rights by<\/p>\n<p>employers, land grabs which violate people\u2019s rights to land and sexual and gender-based violence. In this way, we shall move a giant step in combating all<\/p>\n<p>these vices that abrogate human rights.<\/p>\n<p>We urge government to ensure media freedom is enhanced and protected so<\/p>\n<p>that citizens are not deprived of their right to freedom of information and<\/p>\n<p>expression. We denounce violent acts by political supporters against media<\/p>\n<p>houses and personnel.<\/p>\n<p>May we all, respect the media and allow it to operate in an environment that<\/p>\n<p>can bring the best from them for the good of society.<\/p>\n<p>Issued today on 3rd Day of May 2023.<\/p>\n<p><b>Phillip Sabuni <\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>PAN National Coordinator<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PAN PRESS STATEMENT FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE LUSAKA 3rd May 2023 PRESS STATEMENT ON THE OCCASION OF WORLD PRESS FREEDOM DAY &nbsp; The Paralegal Alliance Network Joins the Press and all people of good will who believe in the freedom of the media and agrees with the Press Freedom Day theme, \u201cShaping a Future of Rights: [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":276,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/panzambia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/20220502-press-freedom-day.jpg?fit=870%2C489&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":269,"url":"https:\/\/panzambia.org\/?p=269","url_meta":{"origin":274,"position":0},"title":"PAN PRESS STATEMENT ON THE OCCASION OF INTERNATIONAL WOMEN\u2019S DAY","date":"March 8, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"The Paralegal Alliance Network PAN, joins the rest of the world in celebrating the International Women\u2019s Day, which falls on March 8th each year. 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