世界新闻自由日：外交和安全政策高级代表代表欧洲联盟发表的声明 World Press Freedom Day

世界新闻自由日：外交和安全政策高级代表代表欧洲联盟发表的声明

每天，新闻工作者和媒体人员都在无畏地行使着他们的言论自由权， 这种权利的行使往往伴随着极大的个人风险。通过揭露不公正现象、追究当权者责任并允许公民做出知情决策，独立的、基于事实的新闻报道守护着我们的民主。2024年，全球超过60个国家将举行选举，新闻工作者的工作比以往任何时候都更为重要。值此世界新闻自由日，我们向他们的工作和勇气致敬。

作为我们在现场的耳目，记者必须随时随地受到保护。欧盟坚决谴责国家、有组织团体或个人针对从事新闻工作记者的一切暴力行为，包括威胁。无论何处，都绝不能让此类犯罪行为逍遥法外。

必须根据国际人道主义法保护报道武装冲突的记者和媒体工作者。在报道战争的毁灭性后果时所造成的记者伤亡人数急剧增加，欧盟对此表示谴责。近几个月来，太多记者在报道加沙新闻时丧生。同样，在报道俄罗斯对乌克兰的侵略战争以及缅甸、苏丹和其他地区的冲突时，记者每天都面临着危险。

欧盟对拒绝独立媒体进入冲突地区的做法表示严重关切，这种做法限制了信息空间并阻碍了公众获取真实及客观报道的途径。

在全球范围内，独立媒体面临众多生存威胁。我们比以往任何时候都更需要采取果断行动，确保媒体能在可行的政治、经济和法律条件下正常运作。通过采纳《欧洲媒体自由法》欧盟已迈出重要一步。这项具有里程碑意义的立法旨在加强编辑自由、保护新闻来源并提高欧盟媒体所有权的透明度。

欧盟将继续致力于在全球范围内保护媒体自由和多元化。在捍卫媒体自由的同时，我们维护的不仅是我们的知情权，更守护了我们在为塑造一个以真理和责任为导向的未来方面的能力。

World Press Freedom Day: Statement by the High Representative on behalf of the European Union

Every day, journalists and media workers bravely exercise their freedom of expression, often at great personal risk. Independent, fact-based journalism helps protect our democracies by exposing injustices, holding leaders to account and allowing citizens to make informed decisions. In 2024, with elections taking place in over 60 countries around the globe, the work of journalists is more significant than ever. On this World Press Freedom Day, we honour their work and courage.

As our eyes and ears on the ground, journalists must be protected at all times, everywhere. The EU firmly condemns all acts of violence, including threats, against journalists for exercising their profession, whether perpetrated by states, organised groups or individuals. There must be no impunity for such crimes, no matter where they take place.

Journalists and media workers reporting from armed conflict must be protected in accordance with international humanitarian law. The EU deplores the dramatic increase in the number of journalists killed or injured while reporting on the devastating consequences of war. Far too many journalists have lost their lives in recent months while bringing us the news from Gaza. Journalists also continue to be at risk on a daily basis as they report on Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine, as well as from conflicts in Myanmar, Sudan and elsewhere.

The EU expresses serious concern about the practice of denying independent media access to conflict zones, as a way to control the information space and restrict the public’s access to factual and objective reporting.

Around the world, independent media faces a number of existential threats. More than ever, we must take decisive action to ensure that the media can operate in viable political, economic and legal conditions. At home, the EU has taken a significant step to this end with the adoption of the European Media Freedom Act. This landmark legislation seeks to enhance editorial freedom, protect journalistic sources and improve the transparency of media ownership in the EU.

The EU remains steadfast in its commitment to protect media freedom and pluralism across the world. In defending media freedom, we protect not just our right to know, but our very ability to shape a future guided by truth and accountability.

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