.: World Press Freedom Day 2010

World Press Freedom Day 2010

The World Press Freedom Day 2010, hosted at Australia’s University of Queensland. The university's School of Journalism and Communication is has organized the conference on the 1st, 2nd and 3rd of May 2010. The main them of the conference was the Freedom of information and Right to know.

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ABOUT NAFSO

NAFSO (National Fisheries Solidarity Movement), organizes fishermen to lobby the government to defend their rights and to bring about good environmental practice in coastal areas. ...NAFSO has helped a fishing community to take legal action against a proposal to build a five-star hotel on a mangrove where fish spawn."We are not against hotels, because they bring tourism and income. But 3,000 families and 15,000 fishermen use this lagoon and all of them could be affected by the developments. Only 200 would be employed by the hotel. The lagoon is our mother, and we must protect her." Jude Preman Fernando, local fisherman. At the present situation we are continuing our campaign with small scale fishermen to urge the government to take legal action against Destructive Fishing Practices around the coastal areas of Sri Lanka. View my complete profile

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World Press Freedom Day 2010