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Renowned Haitian Journalist Joseph Guyler Delva to Speak at IPI World Congress

Vienna (ots)

Delva To Talk about Plight of Haiti's Journalists,
at Closing Ceremony in Bratislava
The International Press Institute (IPI) today announced the 
inclusion of Joseph Guyler C. Delva, one of Haiti's most respected 
and renowned journalists, in its line-up of World Congress speakers.
In a presentation titled, "After the Quake: Press Freedom and the 
State of the Media in Haiti," Delva will talk about the current 
situation facing Haitian journalists after the devastating 12 January
2010 earthquake that killed up to 300,000 people and caused 
unprecedented devastation in the poorest country in the Western 
hemisphere.
At least 26 journalists were killed in the January earthquake and 
most of the island nation's radio and TV stations were heavily 
damaged and forced off the air. Computers that were not destroyed in 
the quake were stolen by looters. IPI's North American Committee 
recently joined with the Haiti News Project, an international effort 
to help Haitian journalists recover from the earthquake, providing 
tents, equipment and training programmes.
"I am thrilled that Guy Delva will be taking part in this year's 
IPI World Congress," said IPI Interim Director Alison Bethel 
McKenzie. "Haitian journalists and the Haitian media have suffered 
terribly and it is important that Guy share the experiences of his 
fellow journalists with our participants - representatives of some of
the world's leading media organisations."
Joseph Guyler Delva began his career in journalism in 1985 and 
currently reports from Haiti for Reuters and the BBC, as well as for 
several Haitian media outlets. He is the secretary-general of SOS 
Journalistes, a press freedom watchdog he founded in 2005 which also 
provides professional training to journalists. In addition, he also 
heads an independent committee set up in 2007 to monitor 
investigations into the cases of journalists murdered in Haiti since 
2000, and to put pressure on the political and judicial authorities 
to end the impunity surrounding these crimes.
Always a target because of his press freedom work, Delva's own 
safety has become even more precarious since the earthquake. 
According to Port-au-Prince's chief prosecutor and police 
authorities, several dangerous criminals, who escaped from prison 
after the earthquake and who were involved in the 2005 murder of 
Haitian journalist Jacques Roche, have vowed to kill Delva because of
his part in their arrest. Delva has received death threats over the 
past months, and is forced to carry out his work as a journalist 
accompanied by security guards.
Delva is slated to talk at the Closing Ceremony, to be held at the
Kempinski Hotel River Park Bratislava on Tuesday, 14 September 2010, 
during this year's IPI World Congress in Vienna and Bratislava.
The 2010 World Congress will commemorate the 60th anniversary of 
the founding of IPI and will focus attention on the state of the news
media. Under the overall theme, "Thinking the Unthinkable: Are We 
Losing the News? (Media Freedom in the New Media Landscape)," the 
four day event will examine the many challenges facing the media, 
while providing examples of how both traditional and new media 
organisations around the world are managing to not only survive, but 
actually thrive in the new media landscape.
To mark 60 years of defending press freedom, IPI will also honour 
60 "World Press Freedom Heroes" during a special Award Ceremony and 
Dinner at Vienna's City Hall on Monday, 13 September. IPI's Press 
Freedom Heroes are brave men and women who have made a significant 
contribution to the defence and promotion of press freedom in their 
country or region - often paying with their lives for what they wrote
or said.
To read the biographies of all the Congress speakers, as well as 
more about the programme topics and the IPI World Congress in 
general, visit the Congress website: www.ipiworldcongress.com
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IPI's partners for the Congress include: Google; Samsung 
Electronics Co. Ltd; OMV; Bank Austria - Member of UniCredit Group; 
Telekom Austria Group; City of Vienna; Federation of Austrian 
Industries (IV); SITA - Slovak News Agency; Slovak Tourist Board 
(SACR); Slovak Electricity Transmission System, Plc. (SEPS); Slovak 
Telekom; Bratislava Culture and Information Centre (BKIS); 
Kooperativa poist'ovna a. s. Vienna Insurance Group; Slovak Health 
Spa Piestany; Minerálna voda Mitická; Carat Distillery; Cisco 
Systems, Inc., Prva stavebna sporitelna (PSS); Austrian Airlines; 
Twin City Liner; Blaguss; Vienna Chamber of Commerce - WKO; Allianz -
Slovenská poist'ovna; DATALAN; Slovak Investment and Trade 
Development Agency (SARIO); GUEST Magazine; and Carat Distillery.
Media partners include: APA - Austria Press Agency; ORF - Austrian
Broadcasting Corporation; Der Standard; Die Presse; The Vienna 
Review; Austrian Journalists Club (ÖJC); and Webnoviny.sk.

Contact:

Michael Kudlak, Conference and Events Manager
International Press Institute (IPI)
Tel.: +43/512-90-11
Mobile: +43/676-425-78-14
E-Mail: mkudlak@freemedia.at

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