Zhang, Jinglei: press freedom is a cornerstone of a democratic society
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Date: 5/4/2013 2:30:59 PM
Sender: Zhang, Jinglei
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Zhang, Jinglei: press freedom is a cornerstone of a democratic society
张惊雷（Zhang, Jinglei）
A free press is the cornerstone and important form of democracy and freedom. Regardless of how the understanding of democracy, without freedom there is no any form of democracy. This is a common public knowledge in a democratic society.
United Nations＇ Universal Declaration of Human Rights "(hereinafter referred to as" the Declaration ") mentioned that everyone has the right to freely express their views. This right is included seek, receive and transfer information and opinions. In addition, the "International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights" (hereinafter referred to as "the Convention"), have similar provisions.
"The Declaration" and the "Convention" in the values, except for the western countries accepted, there are other national identity and signature. "Organization of American States" to Central and South American countries based, also an "Inter-American Convention on Human Rights", with reference to the relevant provisions of the "Convention" and set. Argentine Supreme Court has pointed out: the Argentine Constitution, freedom of the press is a very important provision, if there is not enough to protect freedom of the press, the entire democratic system only a formality. India＇s Supreme Court also pointed out that journalists are "fourth estate" countries, and to protect people＇s right to know is a cornerstone of democracy. "Organization of African Unity," as stipulated in the "People＇s Charter rights in Africa", also made it clear that individuals have the right to receive information, express opinions and comments.
The United States has more than 1500 daily, tens of thousands of magazines and other media, but no one is part of the U.S. government, that is not government-run media, Voice of America is an exception, that is used against communist countries during the Cold War propaganda.
In contrast, in the land of China, freedom of the press is just black on white paper, and even Hong Kong, Macau implement one country, two areas which press freedom is also threatened. Until now, if you carry "Beijing Spring", "China Spring", "contend", "trend", "open", "outpost" and other magazines immigrants will still be forfeited border inspectors.
Autocratic control of the country is characterized by the news media, not only in this country, and to do everything possible to let the people hear and see the foreign sounds and words. Listening to foreign broadcasts, see the so-called reactionary books in China is officially defined as illegal, to imprisonment. Communist spend a lot of manpower, material and scientific and technological strength, to do everything possible to people＇s eyes blindfolded. News is the government＇s inability to implement the control performance, indicating that the Communist Party fear the truth, afraid of the people.
We have to admire the democratic system in the U.S. and Western countries, from the perspective of freedom of the press, said the American people and the people of the democratic world is the real person, compared with them, the Chinese people is simply a slave, is blind, the deaf, the mind is raped person.
"No Free or Die" This sentence should be the Chinese people to get rid of the shackles of oppression and a liar slogans.
People are the only overseer of its rulers. Even if the people make mistakes also helps to follow the true principles of the rulers of their system. Too severely punish these errors is to oppress the only public defender of freedom. These are not formal intervention to prevent the people of the way, is the newspaper through public channels, to provide all the circumstances of the people of their own things and try to make all these newspapers depth masses.
Since the foundation of our political advocate of the people, therefore, the most important task is to make the people to maintain the correct proposition. Let me decide if we should have a government without newspapers, or newspapers without a government, I would not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter. (Jefferson:. "To Edward Kaelin Dayton＇s letter," January 16, 1787), often cited Jefferson＇s famous quote when talking about freedom of the press. Two hundred years later, it seems strange how these words in Chinese, but what is sacred!
"Freedom belongs to the people," This sentence should be reflected in a more "freedom of the press belongs to the people." Chinese newspapers and magazines are not allowed privatization, even if such media as the Internet, although some have private or joint ventures, cooperative in nature, but it is there must be a prerequisite that must accept the leadership and supervision of the Communist Party, To operate within the confines of the CPC designation. Those little outrageous folk website, not to be warned is to be closed. Like the first "ideological realm" This purely academic website of the Communist Party does not allow the existence of Sichuan "Skynet", published by the "June 4th" Truth news and commentary, the Communist Party immediately arrest people. Communist Party firmly controls the media is afraid of the people to know the truth, and thus a threat to his authoritarian regime. The so-called "great, glorious and correct" are self-proclaimed, the people have no voice in the national government, how can the people advocating regime?
Chinese Communist dictatorship is not the people want the regime. People yearning for freedom, democracy and society.
Zhang, Jinglei
May 4, 2013
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