【新唐人2011年5月3日讯】5月3号是世界新闻自由日，随着多位内地异议人士被抓被捕，中国记者的工作环境更引起了外界重视。中国新闻自由目前的整体排名是全球倒数第八，导致这种情况的原因是什么？下面来看看报导。
在5月3号世界新闻自由日前夕，最新失踪的是北京《财经》杂志记者，23岁的张贾龙。他曾报导过艾未未上海工作室被强拆，以及毒奶粉受害家长赵连海等新闻。4月28号他被公安约去谈话，至今没有回来。
在国际知名艺术家艾未未4月3号被捕当天，多次报导过他的记者文涛也同时失踪。
“其实这以后，老艾的活动就参与得很多，基本上他的每一个活动我都参与了，记录。”“我可以把我关心的，我观察到的老艾的一些事情，放到推特上，让其他一些朋友更能了解老艾是一个什么样的人，他在做什么样的事情。”
随着记者的报导风险增加，联合国秘书长潘基文在新闻自由日致辞，表示“不能对侵犯基本人权的责任不加追究。国家当局必须竭尽全力，消除有罪不罚的现象，保护新闻记者的安全。我们决不会忘记为了我们的知情权，而献出生命的记者们所表现出的英勇气概。”
每年在5月3号，联合国教科文组织都会颁发“吉列尔莫卡诺世界新闻自由奖”，用以表彰为新闻自由作出贡献的个人和组织。迄今为止，中国有两位资深媒体人，高瑜女士和程益中先生荣获这一殊荣。
高瑜原来是《经济学周报》副总编，被中共当局两次抓捕，失去人身自由6年多，1997年在狱中获奖。程益中曾担任《南方都市报》主编，2003年报导过中国非典真相和大学生孙志刚被收容打死案，2004年被控涉嫌所谓的“经济犯罪”，后来虽然撤诉但程益中被迫离开南都报业。
高瑜：“这和我20年前，六四之后两次失去自由，我觉得状况甚至还要倒退。在思想和文化这个两个领域，非常地受限制，几乎就是没有新闻自由。 ”
1993年，联合国大会宣布每年的5月3号为世界新闻自由日，提醒各国政府尊重公民的新闻自由和言论权利。
原《中国海洋报》记者，浙江记者站站长昝爱宗在今年新闻自由日发表评论，他认为在中国任何时候呼吁新闻自由，“都是天大的新闻，就是现在进行式。”昝爱宗曾因报导当局迫害基督徒，被中共警方扣押7天。
总部设在巴黎的“记者无疆界”组织，去年10月公布2010年全球新闻自由评比排名，中国大陆名列倒数第八，比去年还下降了三名，属于全球压制新闻自由最严重的国家之一。
高瑜：“它的收紧维稳，第一条我认为还不是防止街头革命，防止街头革命是结果啦。但是，它的手法最重要的就是要限制思想自由，要限制新闻自由。我相信，人们有了新闻自由的权利，那一党专制的这种政体它是保不住的。”
其实，这样的新闻自由权利已经在逐渐实践。目前在中国有大约四亿的上网人数。昝爱宗认为，在互联网大行其道的世界，就算再多的宣传部官员也不可能审查每一条信息，任何敏感词也都有局限性，更进一步说，“任何人都不可能一手遮天”。
新唐人记者赵心知、萧宇综合报导。
Bound on World Media Freedom Day
As May 3rd World Media Freedom Day approaches,
more dissidents are arrested in China.
Work environments for journalists are of concern.
China ranks 8th worst in global media freedom.
What has led to this situation?
Prior to World Media Freedom Day,
Zhang Jialong, a reporter for Caijing Magazine,
had disappeared. He has reported on the arrest
of artist Ai Weiwei and victims of tinted milk.
On April 28, the police invited him for “a talk.”
He had not been seen since.
On the day of Ai Weiwei’s arrest, Wen Tao,
a journalist who has reported on Ai, went missing.
Wen: “After [I was dismissed from Global Times],
I participated in many events hosted by Ai,
and wrote about almost all of his activities.
I put what I observed on the Internet,
so Ai’s friends can see what kind of person he is,
and the useful things he is doing.”
Reporters face increasing risks, on which
UN Secretary Ban Ki-moon commented
that crimes against journalists must be punished.
“All governments have a duty to protect those
in the media," and immunity encourages crime.
Ban acknowledges journalists who are killed
for protecting people’s right to information.
Every year, on May 3rd, UNESCO awards
Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize
to individuals or organizations. Till now,
two Chinese media workers, Gao Yu and
Cheng Yizhong, have received the prize.
Gao Yu was a chief editor of Economic Weekly.
She was twice arrested and spent six years in jail.
She received the prize while in jail in 1997.
Cheng Yizhong was the editor-in-chief of
Southern Metropolis Daily, and reported on
SARS and the case of a student beaten to death.
In 2004, he was accused of economic crime,
and was forced to leave the newspaper.
Gao Yu: “I lost freedom twice over 20 years ago.
The situation now is worse than the past,
with strict control in thoughts and culture.
There is no media freedom.“
World Media Freedom Day started in 1993.
It reminds countries to respect people’s rights.
Zan Aizong, a reporter from Zhejiang province,
commented on media freedom in China:
“Any time you mention media freedom, it becomes
a huge issue, one that is still current.”
Zan was detained once for reporting on Christians.
The Paris-based Reporters Without Borders
put out a media freedom ranking last year.
China ranked 8th worst, three ranks
lower than the previous year.
China is among the worst in media freedom.
Gao Yu: “The [Chinese regime’s] tight control
isn’t just about preventing street revolution –
that is the end result. The key is to control
people’s minds and limit media freedom.
If people have media freedom,
the party’s dictatorship will not survive.”
People are calling for media freedom rights.
China has 400 million netizens.
Zan believes with the Internet, the party’s
propaganda officials cannot screen every post,
and any “sensitive word” censor will have limits.
“No one can cast a cover over the
NTD reporters Zhao Xinzhi and Xiao Yu
