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 PR/ 13 / 09-10-PCI                                                                                                                                    Dated : 24.7.2009

 

 

 

Chairman, Press Council of India To Head WAPC

 

   The World Association of Press Councils has elected the Chairman of the Press Council of India, Hon’ble Mr. Justice G.N. Ray as the President of the organization. WAPC is an umbrella organization of Press Councils and similar bodies in different parts of the world committed to championing the cause of free speech and freedom of a responsible press. He stands elected for a three year term by the Executive Committee of the WAPC in its meeting held on July 9, 2009 at the Headquarter of the body in Istanbul, Turkey and succeeds the Chairman of Press Council of Turkey in the President’s Chair. 

   This is the second occasion when this prestigious body is being headed by India. Earlier, Mr. Justice P.B. Sawant, former Chairman, Press Council of India presided over the body as its President between 1997-2001.