World Press Freedom Day is celebrated today under the theme ‘Journalism in the Face of Digital Influence’.
In 1991, UNESCO first proposed World Press Freedom Day. 1993 UN General Assembly World Press Freedom Day Was officially announced on May 3rd.
According to Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, this day has been declared with the aim of spreading the idea of the human right to information and disclosure to human beings.
In a statement issued on the occasion of World Press Freedom Day, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres stated that there is no democracy and no freedom without media freedom.
