Forced to flee but not silenced, exiled media fight on

World Refugee Day: Forced to flee but not silenced, exiled media fight on

SOURCE: Reporters Without Borders

(RSF/IFEX) - 18 June 2011 - To mark World Refugee Day on 20 June, Reporters Without Borders is paying tribute to those journalists who manage to continue working as journalists after being forced to flee their country. By doing so, they defy those who try to silence them.

Journalists from many different countries were interviewed for the report, entitled Forced to flee but not silenced - Exile media fight on. Whether from Burma, Sri Lanka, Rwanda or Cuba, their accounts describe the plight of their fellow journalists and the violation of rights and freedom in their country. Their personal stories are often secondary.

These journalists feel compelled to keep reporting in order to prevent a veil of silence from being drawn over their country, in order to thwart the press freedom predators who took pleasure in forcing them to flee abroad.

Reporters Without Borders is proud of the fact that it has been able to support some of the initiatives of these exile journalists, whether by providing funding or by helping to make others aware of their message.

This report also includes a summary of what the Reporters Without Borders Assistance Desks in Paris and Berlin have done so far this year.

Click below to download the full report (5999 KB)
http://www.ifex.org/international/2011/06/20/rsf%20-%20world%20refugee%20day%20report.pdf

http://www.ifex.org/international/2011/06/20/world_refugee_day_report/

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