Panel Session 2: PRESS FREEDOM AS AN INSTRUMENT TO DEFEND HUMAN RIGHTS FOR ALL

Moderator: Tania Bozaninou, Journalist, To Vima Newspaper - Greece

Panelists:
Batya Ungar-Sargon, Newsweek, Opinion Editor - USA
- State of Press Freedom under Autocratic Regimes: State`s control of media as a venue of propaganda
Paula Penfold, Investigative Journalist, Stuff Circuit - New Zealand
- Gender-based violence and violations against women journalists
Abdulhamit Bilici, Journalist - USA
- The role of a free and independent media for electoral democracies
Christina Piaia, Reporters Committee for the Freedom of the Press, ProJourn Legal Manager - USA
- Upholding the rule of law for the protection of journalists: Increasing legal harassment towards media members
Ivy Murugi, World Organization of the Scout Movement, Global Youth Representative - Kenya
- Youth Statement