Today the FPA commemorates World Press Freedom Day.  It would be nice if we could celebrate it  but gloomily while we acknowledge and commend the sacrifices of all those who resist commercial corporate and state pressure to put truth in the rumors, to resist censorship, threats of death, imprisonment or exile, we have to admit, there is not much to celebrate. In country after country this is more of a Blue Pencil than a Red Letter Day.
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We must all strive make Press Freedom a reality!
The FPA protests the US administration’s peremptory closure of the United States Agency for Global Media. This is arguably an assault on free speech but also inarguably an attack on the livelihoods of many well-respected journalists, exposing them to arbitrary deportation to countries with dubious records of respecting any human rights, let along those of the Press. 
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Such arbitrary and extra legal moves send a dire signal to anyone concerned for the future of the First Amendment and international standards of press freedoms.

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​Founded in New York in 1918, The Foreign Press Association (FPA) is a member-driven, international, not-for-profit organization. 

Our mission is to: 
  • Promote professional and social relationships for media professionals.
  • Support and protect foreign correspondents working and living in the United States.
  • Provide opportunities to keep members in contact with American life and opinion and with affairs in other countries.
  • Foster international goodwill through relationships built through global media. ​​

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