Obama to sign law named after slain reporter Daniel Pearl intended to aid press freedoms
By APMonday, May 17, 2010
Obama to sign law to aid worldwide press freedoms
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama plans to sign a law Monday intended to provide more protections for a free press around the world.
The law, known as the Daniel Pearl Freedom of Press Act, expands efforts to identify countries where press freedom is being violated. The law is named after Pearl, a Wall Street Journal reporter who was beheaded in Pakistan in 2002.
In the afternoon, the president will welcome the NCAA champion University of Connecticut women’s basketball team to the White House.
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