For World Press Freedom Day 2018 join CPJ, Reporters Without Borders, Gulf Center for Human Rights, Media Association for Peace, and the Bahrain Center for Human Rights for a conversation on press freedom in the Middle East and North Africa. Speakers: Vanessa Bassil – Executive Director of Media Association for Peace (MAP), Lebanon Sophie Busson – Reporters Without Borders (RSF) Halah Mohammed Al-Aulaqi – Independent journalist, Yemen Maytham Al-Salman – Special Advisor of Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR) Rawda Ahmed – Deputy Director of the Arabic Network for Human Rights Information, Egypt Ignacio Culebras – Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) Moderator Khalid Ibrahim – Executive Director of Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) When: 12-14pm May 02, 2018 Where: Ramada Hotel Australia Street, Raouche, Beirut This event is free and open to the public.