ECPMF joins global move to protect journalists – especially women
by Michelle TrimbornOn World Press Freedom Day, ECPMF staff joined the global UNESCO conference in Helsinki. focusing on the right of access to information and the safety of journalists, which is constantly endangered in many ways.
Highlight of the conference was the UNESCO/Cano Foundation World Press Freedom Prize which was awarded to Azeri journalist Khadija Ismayilova for her outstanding and fearless work. As she has been imprisoned for more than a year, it was her mother who received the prize on her behalf.To the sound of loud applause and standing ovations, Elmira Ismayilova read out a speech by her daughter:
“Stand…
