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Declaration of Table Mountain
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In country after country, the African press is crippled by a panoply of
repressive measures, from the jailing and persecution of journalists to
the widespread scourge of ’insult laws’ and criminal defamation. The
World Association of Newspapers (WAN) and the World Editors Forum (WEF)
adopted the Declaration of Table Mountain on 3 June 2007 in Cape Town,
South Africa, to appeal to all Africans, particularly those in power,
to recognise that the political and economic progress they seek
flourishes in a climate where the press is free and independent of
governmental, political or economic control. More
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Free the Press in China!
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 The World Association of Newspapers is continuing its major campaign
calling on the Chinese government to honour the promises of reform it
made when it was awarded the just completed Olympic Games. Now that the
Games are complete, and the world's attention is elsewhere, it is more
important that ever to draw attention to the complete lack of press
freedom in the world's most populous country.
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