In addition to spreading through Washington’s hundreds of policymakers and opinion leaders, Greece’s Oxi Day story is spreading around the world following the Second Annual Washington Oxi Day Foundation Celebration on October 24- 25, 2012.
Hundreds of thousands of Chinese people learned of modern history’s most consequential David vs. Goliath story — Greece’s WWII victories for democracy and freedom — through coverage of Chinese dissident and human rights activist Chen Guancheng receiving the 2012 Oxi Day Award. Radio Free Asia, which disseminates articles throughout Asia, featured a report on its English and Mandarin websites, as did the American-based Chinese Aid Association and the Chinese dissident website Jasmine Revolution.
Hundreds of thousands more in Pakistan learned of the singular courage of the women of Crete in WWII through newspaper coverage of Dr. Fouzia Saeed receiving the 2012 Battle of Crete Award. Several of Pakistan’s most prominent newspapers reported on the event, as did the national news agency of Pakistan, the Associated Press of Pakistan which provides articles to over 84 significant newspapers throughout this country of nearly 200 million people.
Click on the links below to read some of the global coverage from the Second Annual Washington Oxi Day Celebration.
Pakistan
Associated Press of Pakistan – The national news agency of Pakistan which disseminates articles to over 84 newspapers in Pakistan, in addition to radio, television and international media outlets.
The Express Tribune – The first internationally affiliated newspaper in Pakistan which is partnered with The International Herald Tribune — the global edition of The New York Times.
The News International – The largest English-language newspaper in Pakistan with a circulation of 140,000.
The Friday Times – An English-language news weekly in Pakistan
The Daily Times — An English-language daily newspaper in Pakistan
China
Radio Free Asia (RFA) — An Asian language radio station and internet news service that broadcasts for audiences in six Asian countries.
RFA English Website: website has an average of 550,000 page views per month.
RFA Mandarin Website: website has an average of 620,000 page views per month
Oct. 26 RFA Webcast & RFA YouTube Clip
ChinaAid.org — Website of the Chinese Aid Association, a prominent human rights and religious freedom group which monitors and reports on abuses in China, which receives approximately 100,000 readers per month.
Jasmine Revolution Website – (Mandarin language) — Chinese dissident website calling for a Democratic revolution in China.
Global Human Rights/Democracy Community
National Endowment for Democracy – Website visited by over 9,000 people from America and abroad.
Greece & International Greek Community
Voice of America — Greek Service – Reaches an audience of tens of thousands of people in Greece, as well as Hellenes in Diaspora through radio, TV and Internet programs. Media which aired the VOA coverage of the events included SKAI (pronounced Sky) of Athens, the top-rated news and information broadcaster of Greece and its nationwide network of affiliates, Radio City International of Thessaloniki, TV Chalkidiki in northern Greece, Hellenic Media of Canada and its affiliates from Vancouver to Toronto, as well as Galaxias of Sydney, Australia. Coverage was also made available on the VOA website.