Mike Pompeo - Free and independent media is indispensable to a vibrant, functioning democracy
Mike Pompeo - Free and independent media is indispensable to a vibrant, functioning democracy

“On World Press Freedom Day, we reaffirm our commitment to protecting safety and freedom for members of the press. A free and independent media is indispensable to a vibrant, functioning democracy. Despite some progress, journalists around the world continue to be persecuted, targeted with violence, or even killed – all too often with impunity,” reads the statement of US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.

“At all levels, the Department of State works tirelessly to advance press freedom, and we honor those who have dedicated and even sacrificed their lives to sustaining democracy through journalism,” Pompeo said in the statement posted on the official webpage of US Department of State.