- Title: Reporters Without Borders contender for Nobel Peace Prize
- Date: 28th September 2019
- Summary: BERLIN, GERMANY (FILE - SEPTEMBER 27, 2018) (REUTERS) TURKISH PRESIDENT TAYYIP ERDOGAN AND HIS WIFE, EMINE ERDOGAN, WALKING DOWN STAIRS FROM PLANE AND BEING WELCOMED BY GERMAN OFFICIALS VARIOUS OF PARKED VAN WITH POSTER READING (English): "MR. ERDOGAN LANDS IN BERLIN, JOURNALISTS LAND IN PRISON" THREE PROTESTERS FROM REPORTERS WITHOUT BORDERS HOLDING PLACARDS READING (German): "THOSE WHO BAN THE PRESS FEAR THE TRUTH" PLACARD READING (German): "WHILE MR. ERDOGAN TRAVELS THE WORLD, JOURNALISTS ARE FLEEING TURKEY" YANGON, MYANMAR (FILE - MAY 7, 2019) (REUTERS) REUTERS JOURNALISTS WA LONE AND KYAW SOE OO WALKING AND CARRYING THEIR BELONGINGS PARIS, FRANCE (FILE - MAY 7, 2019) (REUTERS) HEAD OF ASIA-PACIFIC DESK AT REPORTERS WITHOUT BORDERS, DANIEL BASTARD, AT HIS DESK POSTER ON DESK READING (English): "FREE WA LONE AND KYAW SOE OO" (SOUNDBITE) (English) HEAD OF ASIA-PACIFIC DESK AT REPORTERS WITHOUT BORDERS, DANIEL BASTARD, SAYING: "The release of Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo is like a victory for press freedom in Myanmar and around the world. We've been waiting for this release for almost one year and a half, and we've been fighting internationally and locally to advocate for their release. So, it's a victory after a very long and an absurd journey and we have to celebrate also the braveness of the two Reuters journalists." SINGAPORE (FILE - MAY 7, 2019) (REUTERS) JOURNALISTS IN NEWSROOM WATCHING SCREEN SHOWING LIVE OF WA LONE AND KYAW SOE OO WALKING FREE FROM PRISON IN MYANMAR PARIS, FRANCE (FILE - MAY 7, 2019) (REUTERS) 37 (SOUNDBITE) (English) HEAD OF ASIA-PACIFIC DESK AT REPORTERS WITHOUT BORDERS, DANIEL BASTARD, SAYING: "Myanmar government's message is that okay, we are human, we know you need to meet with your family again, but don't dare to cross the line anymore." WORLD MAP DEPICTING LEVELS OF PRESS FREEDOM IN 2019 COLOUR KEY SHOWING CLASSIFICATION OF PRESS FREEDOM MAP SHOWING (French): "MYANMAR" HIGHLIGHTED IN RED TO SHOW TROUBLED SITUATION (SOUNDBITE) (English) HEAD OF ASIA-PACIFIC DESK AT REPORTERS WITHOUT BORDERS, DANIEL BASTARD, SAYING: "And as I said, the pardon is a kind of double-edged sword. On one hand, you show a human face by releasing two journalists but on the other hand, you create a legal precedent to force journalists into self-censorship." T-SHIRT READING (French): "REPORTERS WITHOUT BORDERS / FOR FREEDOM OF INFORMATION" POSTERS READING (French/English): "THINK OF ME" AND "FREEDOM OF THE PRESS" (SOUNDBITE) (French) HEAD OF ASIA-PACIFIC DESK AT REPORTERS WITHOUT BORDERS, DANIEL BASTARD, SAYING: "The message Reporters Without Borders can give to the Burmese government is to be very careful to remain on the path of democracy. And, to stay on this path, freedom of the press is absolutely essential, particularly freedom of inquiry of investigation."
- Embargoed: 12th October 2019 09:05
- Keywords: Nobel Peace Prize contender nominee Reporters Without Borders journalism RSF Reuters
- Location: PARIS, FRANCE / YANGON AND NAYPYITAW, MYANMAR / HONG KONG, CHINA / JOINT BASE ANDREWS, MARYLAND, UNITED STATES / INTERNET / BRATISLAVA, SLOVAKIA / VALLETTA AND BIDNIJA, MALTA / BERLIN, GERMANY / SINGAPORE /
- City: PARIS, FRANCE / YANGON AND NAYPYITAW, MYANMAR / HONG KONG, CHINA / JOINT BASE ANDREWS, MARYLAND, UNITED STATES / INTERNET / BRATISLAVA, SLOVAKIA / VALLETTA AND BIDNIJA, MALTA / BERLIN, GERMANY / SINGAPORE /
- Country: Various
- Topics: Society/Social Issues
- Reuters ID: LVA008AYG7ZNR
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text:Rights group Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is tipped to be a contender for the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize.
RSF promotes freedom of information and is the world's biggest NGO "specializing in the defense of media freedom, which we regard as the basic human right to be informed and to inform others," according to its website.
The groups says it defends journalists who may hold opposing views in an "independent manner" and has been vocal in calling for press freedom in various countries including Myanmar, the United States and Turkey.
The Nobel Peace Prize, worth 9 million Swedish crowns (9,300,000 million USD), will be announced in Oslo on Friday October 11, at 11:00 a.m. (0900 GMT) and presented on December 10, 2019. - Copyright Holder: FILE REUTERS (CAN SELL)
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