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Programme
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Friday
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Opening
Session:
Conference
Chairman:
Timothy Balding, Director General, World Association of Newspapers.
Summary of his presentation
Welcome
speeches:
Roger Parkinson,
President, WAN
Summary of his presentation
Alfonso
De Salas, President, aede
Summary of his presentation
Keynote
speech:
Francisco Pinto Balsemao, Former Prime Minister of Portugal,
founder of the Social Democratic Party and founder of the magazine
'Expresso'
Summary of his presentation
The Basque
Region, Terrorism and Freedom of Speech: a Historical Perspective.
Manuel Montero, Dean, University of the Basque Country
Summary of his presentation
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Session
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Terrorism
Against the Media: testimonies from journalists in the Basque
region.
Panellists:
Gorka Landaburu, Cambio 16 magazine; Aurora Inchausti, El
Pais; Juan Palomo, Antena 3 TV; Fernando Berridi, Diario Vasco;
José Javier Uranga, Diario de Navarra.
Session
chairman: Hilario Pino, News Presenter, Tele 5
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here for their testimony
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Session
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Press
Freedom Under Attack: a discussion on freedom of information in
a democratic society and how to protect it. Panellists: José
Antich Valero, Editor, La Vanguardia, Barcelona; Angel Arnedo
Gil, Editor, El Correo, Bilbao; Juan José Baños
Loinaz, Editor, Deia, Bilbao; Jesús Ceberio Galardi, Editor,
El País, Madrid; Antonio Franco Estadella, Editor, El Periodico
de Catalunya, Barcelona; José Gabriel Mujika Migueliz,
Editor, Diario Vasco, San Sebastian; Andoni Ortuzar, Editor, EITB,
Iurreta-Vizcaya; Pedro J. Ramirez Codina, Editor, El Mundo, Madrid
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Session
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Terrorism
Against the Media: testimonies from journalists working in violent
conditions around the world Panellists: Omar Belhouchet, Director
of Publication, El Watan, Algeria; Francisco Santos Calderon,
Editor, El Tiempo, Colombia; Nurdin Hasan, Editor, Serambi Indonesia
Daily; Hanoch Marmari, Editor in Chief, Ha'aretz, Israel &
IPI Board Member.
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Closing
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Resolution
Closing statement by José Maria Bergareche, CEO of the
Grupo Correo, and Juan José Ibarretxe, President of the
Basque Country (invited).
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Quotes
from the Conference |
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"Terrorism
thrives in obscurity, in the dark, hidden from and untroubled
by the bright light which free media would shine on it. This is
why protecting and cherishing freedom of the media, here in the
Basque region or anywhere else in the world where it is threatened,
attacked or withheld, must be a priority for all of us in democratic
nations."
Timothy
Balding, Director General, WAN
"We have the misfortune of living in a country where expressing
an opinion is a form of courage."
Manuel Montero,
Dean, University of the Basque Country
"Terrorism will never be able to serve a just cause. I repeat:
terrorism will never be able to serve a just cause."
Francisco
Pinto Balsemão, former Prime Minister of Portugal, founder
of the Social Democratic Party and founder of the magazine Expresso
"You have to keep going in life. We are not going to throw
in the towel. We are going to win the battle against terrorism.
Democracy is difficult to obtain and must be defended at all costs."
Gorka Landaburu,
Cambio 16 magazine, Spain, on his commitment to journalism following
his being severely wounded by a package bomb sent by the Basque
terrorist group ETA.
"Someone put a bomb at the door of our house. It was a bomb
to kill us. It was two kilos of dynamite; it would have killed
not only us, but also the neighbours. Those who placed the bomb
there were not worried about their lives – they couldn't
care less if two people were killed or 22 or 22,000. They are
just interested in their lives."
Juan Palomo,
Antena 3 TV, Spain
"I was given the opportunity to live, but I thought, if I
abandon my work, ETA would have achieved their objective. It would
have been the same as if they killed me. I went back to the newspaper."
José
Javier Uranga, Former Editor, Diario de Navarra, who survived
25 bullet wounds
"Our staff receives training today not on how to improve
their style, but on how to avoid terrorist attacks."
Angel Arnedo
Gil, Editor, El Correo, Bilbao, Spain
"The only tool we have against violence and hate is the word.
The terrorists hate this."
Iñaki Gonzalez Torre, Deputy Editor, Deia, Bilbao, Spain
"I sometimes get the impression that there are 200,000 people
who have bodyguards and 2.2 million that look the other way and
don't know what is happening."
Martinez
Vázquez, Editor, Grupo Recoletos, Madrid, Spain
"I understand a little bit about their determination and
hatred for what is occurring in the Basque Country, and their
determination to continue to work. Because it is the basis of
democracy. Nobody can do it but them. They must continue for their
country and their ideals."
Omar Belhouchet,
Chief Editor, El Watan, Algeria, after listening to the testimony
of the Basque journalists
"The terrorist mind is the worst enemy of a free press. When
an organisation makes a journalist a military target, it is difficult
for them to step back. But as journalists we have to continue.
If we don't, the terrorists win."
Francisco
Santos Calderon, Editor, El Tiempo, Colombia
"These assaults on writers and journalists is an attempt
to control the memory of humanity. By making threats and ultimately
attacking and killing journalists, groups are trying to ensure
that certain facts, certain opinions, don't get into history.
That puts particular pressure on journalists to keep reporting.
To stop would be a mistake in the long term."
Liam Clarke,
Northern Ireland Editor, The Sunday Times, United Kingdom |
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