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UNESCO Communication and Information Weekly Newsletter

• 16.12.16 Indonesia Getting Ready for the World Press Freedom Day 2017 UNESCO and the Indonesian Press Council met with Mr. Rudiantara, Minister of Communications and Information Technology (MCIT) to coordinate the preparation of the World Press Freedom Day which will take place at the Jakarta Convention Center from 1 to 4 May 2017.

• 15.12.16 Director-General condemns killing of journalist Mohsen Khazaei in Syria

• 15.12.16 Director-General condemns killing of broadcaster Mohammed Thabet al-Obeidi in Iraq

• 15.12.16 Director-General calls for the murderers of Myanmar journalist Soe Moe Tun to be brought to trial

• 15.12.16 Active participation of IFAP in the 2016 gathering of the Euro-Arab Dialogue Initiative Launched in October 2001, the Euro-Arab Dialogue Initiative (EADI) was created by National Commissions for UNESCO on the basis of the deeply rooted belief that peace can only emerge through dialogue and mutual understanding. UNESCO, the Euro-Arab network of National Commissions for UNESCO and the MBI Al Jaber Foundation jointly organized a meeting to elaborate new perspectives for this initiative at UNESCO's Headquarters in Paris, on 9 and 10 December 2016.

• 14.12.16 What are Human rights archives? Asia-Pacific's museums, libraries, museums and storage places seem far removed from the frontlines of the global push for human rights. But it is in these places that our region's archives and documentary heritage are stored – vital records of the human rights struggle in Asia-Pacific, containing lessons that we cannot afford to forget.

• 14.12.16 UNESCO Mobilizes Community Media to Promote 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Based Violence on the Airwaves in West and Central Africa

• 14.12.16 Call for proposals: Academic Research Conference on Safety of Journalists 2017 UNESCO, in collaboration with the Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU), is pleased to invite contributions from the international community of scholars to the 2017 Academic Research Conference on Safety of Journalists. The academic conference, from 3 to 4 May 2017, is a special academic session which will be held alongside UNESCO's main celebration of World Press Freedom Day 2017 in Jakarta, Indonesia.

• 13.12.16 Director-General urges safer conditions for media workers following confirmation of the death of two Syrian journalists The Director-General of UNESCO, Irina Bokova, today condemned the killing of two journalists in Syria following confirmation of their death in separate incidents: Mohammed Sayyed Hassan, in August 2016, and Abdullah Mohammad Ghannam in July 2016.

• 13.12.16 Director-General urges investigation into killing of journalist Jesús Adrián Rodríguez Samaniego in Mexico Paris, 13 December — The Director-General of UNESCO, Irina Bokova, today called for an investigation into the killing of Jesús Adrián Rodríguez Samaniego, a journalist in Chihuahua, northern Mexico.

• 13.12.16 Judiciary are key to protecting freedom of expression online, concludes UNESCO panel UNESCO and the Organization of American States' Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression brought to the fore the role of the judiciary in Internet governance in a lively workshop held last week as part of the 11th Internet Governance Forum in Guadalajara, Mexico.

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