New @PressFreedom report:Now „most deadly,dangerous period for journalists in recent history“ https://cpj.org/2015/04/attacks-on-the-press.php …

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THIS DAY AT LAW: World Press Freedom day http://bit.ly/1OQixLd 

„A great writer is like a 2nd gov…That’s why no regime has ever loved great writers,only minor ones“ A.SOLZHENITSYN http://human.hrw.org/writer-activist/ …

Top 10 list of shame! @FedericaMog what is @eu_eeas‚ strategy to secure release of imprisoned journalists? #WPFD2015 https://twitter.com/LotteLeicht1/status/594895103589752832

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European Parliament @Europarl_EN  

Opinio Juris retweeted Vikram Raghavan

50 years ago. Would never happen today – too controversial (Missouri v Holland and all that).  

https://twitter.com/vikramraghavan/status/594918873020903425

No treaty could find its way onto a US stamp today (ok, maybe the Treaty of Ghent).

https://twitter.com/guardenoguido/status/594911337349783552

highly beautiful pro @guardenoguido

1431. Map of Antarctica. Antarctic Treaty Issue. Block of 4. MNH http://gekoo.co/buy/01/?query=291452351325 …

New #opiniojuris post: „Guest Post: The Complexity of International Trials Is Necessary“ http://ift.tt/1PfMqiX  #internationallaw

Interesting technical analysis. Sounds about right (though we can’t vouch for it).  

https://twitter.com/opiniojuris/status/594901606547656706

.@ECCHRBerlin’s @schueller_a on justice f #CIA #torture incl possible #ICC investigation into crimes in #Afghanistan:http://bit.ly/1zdrfvI 

NEW: Chlorine gas fact sheet http://owl.li/MoAOU  #Chlorine #Syria

Common #LTU–#POL constitution was adopted 224 years ago. It was the 2nd in the world and the very first created by two countries equally

.@KvanOosterom „and is looking for them, to give them these pics as a present.“ Minor, yet important addition 😉 @Politieheli View conversation

Secret des affaires : menaces sur les droits et la liberté d’expression http://www.ugict.cgt.fr/publications/cadres-infos/directive-secret-des-affaires … via @CGTCadresTechs

As a #Gunners fan it pains me to support #Spurs today but there we – as needs must!

Ghazaleh takes Assad secrets to grave http://on.ft.com/1zGddDm

@OSCE CiO DaÄiÄ condemns ceasefire violations in eastern #Ukraine, appeals for boost to political process http://www.osce.org/node/154801

It’s World #PressFreedom Day! #SakharovPrize winners on why it must be defended.

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 Maryam Alkhawaja @MARYAMALKHAWAJA  

#UNESCO Director General calls for release of Mazen Darwish #Syria #FreeMazen

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Just terrible. My thoughts go out to Ammar al-Shahbander’s family, friends and colleagues. #Iraq

Hala Jaber @HalaJaber

RIP @superammar Director of Institute for War&Peace Reporting, killed in #Karrada #Baghdad car bomb last night.

#WPFD2015

Latvian Presidency @eu2015lv

#WPFD2015 Journalism is not a crime!

European Parliament @Europarl_EN

„Ink should flow instead of blood,“ #SakharovPrize winners on why #PressFreedom matters https://cards.twitter.com/cards/lmo3h/ilej …

Warm congrats @camanpour! Let 2015 be a year where we secure more releases of imprisoned journalists. #WPFD2015

Christiane Amanpour @camanpour

So proud to become @UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador #FreedomofExpression. To keep fighting for truth, freedom and safety in journalism.

Happy to stand with you @camanpour in the way you stood for us. #FreeAJStaff

Christiane Amanpour @camanpour

.@PeterGreste Taking up the cause with the world (UN) behind us!

Congratulations @camanpour, named UNESCO Ambassador for freedom of expression and journalist safety. You’ll be a champion for us all!

More than 200 journalists imprisoned last year for their work; more than 60 murdered. Let’s keep press free. #WPFD2015

Lotte Leicht @LotteLeicht1   

„Ihr unendliches Leid entzieht sich unserem Vorstellungsvermögen“ Bundeskanzlerin Merkel – Gedenkfeier in #Dachau http://www.br.de/mediathek/video/sendungen/nachrichten/rede-merkel-dachau-100.html …

lyse doucet retweeted Ammar Al Shahbander

..sadly Ammar didn’t live to see and hear another #Baghdad summer RIP @IWPR

Yara Bader, wife of jailed Syrian journo #MazenDarwish: „When we stand up for individs in cases like these, we stand for humanity“ #WFPD2015

Journos w/POTUS today: Dieu Cay of #Vietnam, Fatima Tlisova of #Russa, Lily Mengesha of #Ethiopia. Jailed, beaten, harassed for speaking out

Good. So will #EU actively work f release of imprisoned journos in #Azerbaijan, #Uzbekistan, #Ethiopia, #Egypt &…? https://twitter.com/LotteLeicht1/status/594860660170821633

EU External Action @eu_eeas

Declaration by @FedericaMog, on behalf of the #EU on the occasion of the #WorldPressFreedomDay http://www.

Watch Foreign Sec @PHammondMP confess that @FCOHumanRights report on #Bahrain is based on reports from Iain Lindsay https://youtu.be/fcZuRFkALvA

“To me,art is for impression & cartoons are for expression” #Burma satirist Harn Lay http://human.hrw.org/harn-lay/  #WPFD2015

#WPFD2015 „when anonymity comes by necessity, the celebration ends.“ #UN SR @davidakaye http://human.hrw.org/kaye/ 

#WorldPressFreedomDay, 3rd May! Freedom of the press – not to be taken for granted. More: http://bit.ly/1zgRuRY

Journalism is not a crime! Help press for release of imprisoned journalists! Join #CPJ campaign. #WPFD2015 @eu_eeas

CPJ @pressfreedom

Journalists being imprisoned in record numbers. Join CPJ’s #PressUncuffed campaign. #WPFD2015 https://cpj.org/campaigns/pressuncuffed/index.php …

#WPFD2015:World’s longest imprisoned journo, Yusuf Ruzimuradov,#Uzbekistan, since 1999 ENOUGH! http://bit.ly/1DM7uH7 

Free and independent media is essential to a vibrant #democracy – FM @borgebrende on #WorldPressFreedomDay http://bit.ly/1FHNzij  @UNESCO

Journo/activists Reeyot Alemu & Ta Phong Tan held Ethiopian & Vietnam’s govts to acct, now unjustly jailed for exercising rgts #FreeThePress

Spoke w/ 100s of peaceful students outside US Embassy-Locked out of University for protesting & no way home #Burundi pic.twitter.com/aKrLOzx5UN

#WPFD2015 Record number journos jailed as govs silence coverage of sensitive topics incl corruption & HRights abuses https://cpj.org/campaigns/pressuncuffed/index.php …