Fund against Censorship provides Legal Assistance to Journalists and News Media in Distress

The Fund Against Censorship is an initiative coordinated by the World Press Freedom Committee (WPFC) in cooperation with eight other press freedom organizations, including the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), the Inter American Press Association (IAPA), the International Press Institute (IPI), and the World Association of Newspapers (FIEJ). The purpose of the Fund Against Censorship, says WPFC, is to assist journalists and news media facing legal action aimed at silencing or intimidating them. The Fund provides legal assistance grants which go primarily to help pay local lawyers where this is needed. Investigatory or protest missions, as well as friend-of-the-court briefs or appearances, also are within the Fund's purposes, says WPFC. For more information, contact WPFC at the above adress.

Last updated:    July 1997

A print version of much of the information contained in this NIS Third Sector Organizations section can be found in the The Post-Soviet Handbook (Seattle and London: University of Washington Press, 1999).

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