| Information is a powerful
commodity. It advances personal growth and strong decision-making. Informed people can
participate in shaping their own futures. Government officials and other authorities
understand the power of information, and many of them throughout the world are determined
to sever connections between a nation's people and the information that they are entitled
to have. Get more background information . . .
Act Now:
Request and Read
Discover two eloquent writers who were severely
persecuted for the peaceful expression of their political beliefs and later were elected
national leaders.
Act Locally
Set up a display in your local library or school
about the right to seek, receive and impart information and ideas; organize a small event
to publicize the exhibit.
Act Nationally
or Internationally
Join the international drive to restore free
expression in Burma by mailing this petition, with your signature and the signatures of
others, to Secretary of State Albright.
Grab a Partner
Help the Committee to Protect Journalists defend the
free flow of information throughout the world by protesting human rights abuses against
journalists.
Raise Your Voice
Protect Leticia Moctezuma Vargas who has received
death threats for speaking out against construction of an environmentally damaging tourist
complex. |
