Nobel Laureate interview offered for Press Freedom Day

“We need to achieve full press freedom, not a fragmented version,” says Ms Karman, a 32-year-old Yemeni journalist and activist famed for her participation in the Arab Spring.

The interview, available to publish free-of-charge in six languages 3 May, is one of the highlights from a selection of editorials and exclusive materials offered to newspapers and online media to assist them in commemorating World Press Freedom Day.

The full package (embargoed for publication on 3 May) can be downloaded from www.worldpressfreedomday.org

Among the other contributors are Mexican journalist Anabel Hernández, WAN-IFRA’s 2012 Golden Pen of Freedom laureate; Erik Bjerager, President of the World Editors Forum and Editor-in-Chief and Managing Director of the Danish national daily Kristeligt Dagblad; Alain Gresh, Deputy Director of Le Monde Diplomatique; South African anti-apartheid lawyer George Bizos; Tunisian journalist and activist Fahem Boukadous; Pakistani investigative reporter Umar Cheema; Egyptian blogger Mahmoud Salem (aka Sandmonkey); Anette Novak, former Editor in Chief of Norran in Sweden and Board Member of the World Editors Forum; and an essay from the World Justice Project.

WAN-IFRA is also providing a range of photographs from Agence France-Presse highlighting freedom of expression issues, exclusive cartoons from Michel Cambon, Zapiro and Ali Ferzat, info-graphics detailing the dangers of exercising the profession of journalism, and resources to help young readers engage in the issues relating to a free press. A selection of ready-to-print public service advertisements is also available to download.