Freedom of Press: the Right to Know photo exhibition launched in YerevanMay 3, 2010 - 21:03 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Freedom of Press: the Right to Know is the theme of an OSCE-supported photo exhibition that opened in Yerevan today to mark World Press Freedom Day. The one-week exhibition is organized by the Freedom of Information Centre of Armenia non-governmental organization in co-operation with the OSCE Office in Yerevan and the UN Department of Public Information, and funded by the US Agency for International Development (USAID). It features more than 30 images selected from 300 photos submitted for the event; all photos included in the exhibition will be published in a catalogue, OSCE press service reported. The Head of the OSCE Office in Yerevan, Ambassador Sergey Kapinos, welcomed the exhibition as a creative way to show public perceptions about freedom of information and expression. "Free access to information is key to the respect of human dignity and enables citizens to take an active part in public life and exercise their other human rights. This exhibition is a good opportunity to highlight these issues and stimulate discussion," he said. The opening of the exhibition was attended by journalists, representatives of state institutions and civil society. The President of the Freedom of Information Centre, Shushan Doydoyan, said: "This is a special exhibition since everyone, journalists and professional photographers in particular, were invited to present their images illustrating freedom of information and freedom of expression. These basic rights are intrinsically linked to press freedom, which in turn contributes to strengthening democratization, good governance and human development." Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running” Partner news | Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations. Aram I supports Karekin II’s “patriotic position” Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia Aram I has expressed support for the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin. |