Join Amnesty International (SA/NT) and AFOPA for Adelaide’s World Press Freedom Day Rally

To mark World Press Freedom Day on 3 May, we’re shining a light on the importance of a free press. Right now, journalists are being locked up, tortured, threatened or even killed just for speaking out.

As at 4 April 2024, The International Federation of Journalists estimate that at least 102 Palestinian journalists and media workers have been killed, several have been injured and others are missing during the war in Gaza.

Freedom of expression is a human right

World Press Freedom Day provides an opportunity for people around the world to celebrate the fundamental human right to freedom of expression. Journalism is not a crime, yet the principles of free speech and a free press are threatened right across the world.

Every day, journalists around the world face the threat of intimidation, censorship, imprisonment and violence, including torture, for their efforts to report on human rights violations.

Journalists, media professionals, writers and activists all play a key part in maintaining freedom of expression and holding the powerful to account.

Why is a free press important?

A free press reports on the issues that interest us and shape our lives as a building block of any rights-respecting society. Fighting for a free press means supporting individual journalists as they report on human rights issues, and calling on governments to legislate for protections for media organisations.

Support Palestinian and international journalists as they seek to bring the truth to the world.

Rally at Parliament House, Adelaide 3 May 12 noon