Freedom of Speech Flashcards
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Journalists jailed
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Worldwide : 225
China : 44 in 2014 (country where the bigger number of journalists are jailed)
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Journalists killed because of their job in 2014
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More than 80
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World Press Freedom Day
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May 3rd
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“What is freedom of expression ? Without the freedom to offend, it ceases to exist”
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Salman Rushdie
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American Constitution
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1st Amendment
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Press Freedom Index
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The US : 32nd in 2013 BUT 46th in 2014 (negative impact because of the threat on investigative journalists after the case of Edward Snowden)
The UK : 33rd (a journalist of the Guardian was arrested because he had published documents about the functioning of intelligence services)
