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also covering stories for the newspaper Zeta and the daily 
La Jornada de Baja California; and 
(7) Lourdes Maldonado Lo´pez was gunned down on 
January 23, 2022, outside her home in Tijuana, by 2 in-
dividuals who arrived in a taxi and picked up their spent 
bullet casings before leaving, and an experienced and very 
outspoken journalist committed to combating violence 
and corruption, Maldonado was the founder and host of 
Brebaje con Lourdes Maldonado, a local news program 
on Facebook; 
Whereas, in Haiti, at least 7 journalists were killed in 2022, 
including 2 by the police, according to the Committee to 
Protect Journalists; 
Whereas, under the auspices of the United States Agency for 
Global Media, the United States Government provides fi-
nancial assistance to several editorially independent 
media outlets, including Voice of America, Radio Free 
Europe/Radio Liberty, Radio Free Asia, Radio y 
Televisio´n Martı´, and the Middle East Broadcasting Net-
works— 
(1) which report and broadcast news, information, 
and analysis in critical regions around the world; and 
(2) whose journalists regularly face harassment, 
fines, and imprisonment for their work; and 
Whereas freedom of the press— 
(1) is a key component of democratic governance 
and socioeconomic development; and 
(2) enhances public accountability, transparency, 
and participation in civil society and democratic govern-
ance: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
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(1) condemns threats to freedom of the press 
and free expression around the world; 
(2) remembers the bravery of journalists and 
media workers around the world who, despite threats 
to their safety, play an essential role in promoting 
government accountability, defending democratic ac-
tivity, and strengthening civil society; 
(3) remembers journalists and media workers 
who have lost their lives carrying out their work; 
(4) calls on governments abroad to implement 
United Nations General Assembly Resolution 74/157 
(2019) by thoroughly investigating and seeking to 
resolve outstanding cases of violence against journal-
ists, including murders and kidnappings, while en-
suring the protection of witnesses; 
(5) condemns all actions around the world that 
suppress freedom of the press; 
(6) reaffirms the centrality of freedom of the 
press to efforts of the United States Government to 
support democracy, mitigate conflict, and promote 
good governance around the world; and 
(7) calls on the President and the Secretary of 
State to— 
(A) preserve and build upon the leadership 
of the United States Government on issues re-
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lating to freedom of the press and journalist 
safety, on the basis of the protections afforded 
the American people under the First Amend-
ment to the Constitution of the United States; 
(B) improve the rapid identification, publi-
cation, and response by the United States Gov-
ernment to threats against freedom of the press 
around the world; 
(C) urge foreign governments to promptly 
and transparently investigate and bring to jus-
tice the perpetrators of threats, harassment, 
and attacks against journalists; 
(D) leverage United States foreign assist-
ance to support independent media, address 
disinformation, and support technologies that 
allow for expanded access to independent re-
porting in countries where authoritarian re-
gimes control or limit the internet; and 
(E) continue to highlight the issue of 
threats against freedom of the press in the an-
nual country reports on human rights practices 
of the Department of State and through diplo-
matic channels. 
Æ 
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