Tag: JAWS
Samoa government urged at UN to address declining media freedom
By Johnny Blades of RNZ Pacific
The international community has urged Samoa's government to rectify the decline in press freedom in the country.
Press freedom and...
Media demand answers after Samoan PM’s security reportedly deletes journalist’s photos
RNZ
The Journalists Association of Samoa (JAWS) is demanding answers over the removal of a journalist's camera and the deletion of photographs taken while she...
Samoan PM takes aim at local journalists, claims overseas media ‘in...
By Sulamanaia Manaui Faulalo of the Samoa Observer
Prime Minister La'aulialemalietoa Leuatea Schmidt says international media are “in the dark” about the reasons behind his...
Samoan PM bans nation’s only newspaper from government access
By Renate Rivers of PMN News
Samoa's Prime Minister La'aulialemalietoa Leuatea Polataivao Schmidt has banned the country's only daily newspaper, the Samoa Observer, from all...
Legal academic says Samoa’s criminal libel law should go after charge
By Don Wiseman, RNZ Pacific senior journalist
An Auckland University law academic says Samoa's criminal libel law under which a prominent journalist has been charged...
JAWS president backs call to abolish Samoa’s criminal libel law
By Joyetter Feagaimaali’i-Luamanu in Apia
Rudy Bartley, president of the Journalist Association of Samoa (JAWS), has supported the international call for Samoa’s government to abolish...
Research explores media practice, freedom of the press in Samoa
By Joshua Lafoai in Apia
A research paper by a National University of Samoa lecturer warns media freedom in Samoa still faces many challenges.
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