01/05/2020
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Apr 29 2020 (IPS)* – May 3rd marks World Press Freedom Day around the world. During this COVID-19 pandemic, a robust media environment is critical: access to life-saving information is key in the fight against the virus. As governments impose a range of restrictions in attempts to curb the pandemic, journalists help hold authorities to account by providing analysis, engaging in debate about government actions, and creating a space for dialogue about the future we all hope to see.
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01/05/2020
Journalists in the line of duty. Photo credits: left – UNESCO; right – UN Photo/Evan Schneider.
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UNESCO is launching a
global campaign on media and social media channels, with a focus on “
Journalism without Fear or Favour” in an increasingly complex media landscape. Join them on May 3rd for an interactive free livestreamed event to celebrate World Press Freedom Day 2020: ”
Difference Day Conference 2020.”
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01/05/2020
(teleSUR)* – On Thursday [30 April 2020], the Labor Department reported that the business shutdowns and stay-at-home orders caused by the pandemic have led 30 million Americans to file for unemployment insurance.
Some, among the millions of American workers laid off because of the COVID-19, are beginning to face a tough choice — return to work and risk infection, or stay home and risk losing unemployment payments, The Associated Press reported Thursday [30 April 2020].
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01/05/2020
(UN News)* — The United States must urgently lift its blockade on Cuba to save lives amid the expanding COVID-19 crisis, UN human rights experts stressed on Thursday [30 April 2020], emphasizing that the more than six-decades-old sanctions are impeding the supply of medicine, medical equipment, food and other goods essential to surviving the pandemic.
UN Cuba | Health personnel from the Pedro Kourí Institute of Tropical Medicine in Havana, Cuba
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Some of the millions of American workers laid off because of the COVID-19 are beginning to face a tough choice. | Photo: EFE
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