Governor General to Celebrate the 16th World Press Freedom Day in Montreal

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OTTAWA - Her Excellency the Right Honourable Michaëlle Jean, Governor General of Canada, will be in Montreal to attend a benefit to mark World Press Freedom Day on Tuesday, May 2, 2006. The evening, organized by Reporters Without Borders Canada, will take place at the Monument National, 1182 St. Laurent Boulevard, at 7:00 p.m.
As the evening's patron, the Governor General will offer a few remarks. Her Excellency will then be followed by guest speaker Bernard-Henri Lévy, internationally renowned philosopher and writer.
Reporters Without Borders Canada raises public and media awareness of the importance of freedom of the press in a democracy. Throughout the year, particularly on World Press Freedom Day, the organization calls on the media and asks them to take action on behalf of their colleagues imprisoned for exercising a basic right: free speech.
For more information, please contact Emily Jacquard, Communications Officer, at (514) 521-4111.
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