Tag: Defamation

Pacific Media Watch The Palau Media Council has condemned a political lawsuit against the publisher of the Island Times as an "assault on press freedom"...

By Stefan Armbruster of BenarNews Palau’s largest newspaper is being sued for defamation by the company of President Surangel Whipps Jr's father, just days ahead...

Asia Pacific Report The state of civic space in Indonesia has been rated as "obstructed" in the latest CIVICUS Monitor report. The civic space watchdog said...

Asia Pacific Report A defendant in an Indonesian case of alleged defamation, Fatia Maulidiyanti, has hit back at a statement by Coordinating Minister for Maritime...

Pacific Media Watch Despite its champions being honoured with a Nobel Peace Prize, press freedom has a "sword of Damocles" hanging over it, warn this...

By Sialai Sarafina Sanerivi in Apia Veteran Samoan parliamentarian and chairman of the Fa'atuatua i le Atua Samoa ua Tasi (FAST) has criticised what he...

By Rodney Tiffen, University of Sydney “Not a great week for journalism at the ABC”, News Corp’s Sharri Markson tweeted earlier this month, when the...

By Trevor Wahune in Port Moresby North Fly MP James Donald yesterday made an appearance in Papua New Guinea's Waigani Committal Court to face cyber...

Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk Timor-Leste's Journalist Association (AJTL) and journalism students marched through the streets of the capital Dili today calling on the government to...

By Lian Buan in Manila Manila Judge Rainelda Estacio-Montesa has denied the motion for partial reconsideration filed by Rappler journalists, and upheld the cyber libel...

By Lian Buan  in Manila Rappler chief executive Maria Ressa and former researcher-writer Reynaldo Santos Jr have filed a motion for partial reconsideration, appealing...

Pacific Media Watch Timor-Leste's Minister of Justice plans to present to the Council of Ministers a proposal to include criminal defamation in the country’s penal...

By Antonio Sampaio in Dili Former East Timorese President José Ramos-Horta says it is not opportune for the government to be debating the possible criminalisation...

By Sri Krishnamurthi, contributing editor of Pacific Media Watch  The New South Wales Court of Appeal has dismissed an appeal which sought to challenge a...

Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk The Paris-based global media advocacy group Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has condemned yesterday's arrest of Maria Ressa, editor of the independent...

Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has condemned the latest "absurd charges" that the Philippine Justice Department is planning to bring against the...

Nepal has recently updated its legal system with new civil and criminal  codes. However, writes Rahul Bhattarai of Asia Pacific Report, failure to consult...

Vanuatu Prime Minister Charlot Salwai, the Minister responsible for Telecommunications, has informed Parliament that a cyber crime bill currently being developed will address the...

By Bob Howarth in Dili, Timor-Leste A Dili District Court judge has acquitted two Timor-Leste journalists on a charge of criminal defamation on the grounds...

Pacific Media Watch News Desk The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has joined its affiliates Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance (MEAA) and the South East...

Media monitors say Myanmar's restrictive media laws raise concerns about press freedom under the government of Aung San Suu Kyi, who is well-known for...

An online petition to drop the defamation case against two East Timorese journalist’s is calling for urgent international support, stating that the prosecution of...