Tag: Media Freedom
Fiji parliamentary justice committee in heated debate over news media decree
By Matilda Simmons in Suva
Two prominent Fiji lawyers and members of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Law, Justice and Human Rights had a go...
Myanmar media chiefs detained over defamation
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...
Media face blockade over human rights reporting in Myanmar
AL Jazeera's report on the crisis in Myanmar: The video includes exclusive interviews with villagers who reveal accounts of military officers killing a 13-year-old...
Dreaver ‘thrilled’ to report in Fiji again
By TJ Aumua in Auckland
Pacific journalist Barbara Dreaver says she is 'thrilled' to be able to report in Fiji again, after being blacklisted from the...
‘Jakarta Conclusions’: action plan for Asian media
Experts from Southeast Asian nations have identified key challenges facing media in their region. They propose three fundamental areas of action for civil society, governments...
Lifting of Fiji journo ban ‘curious’, says reporter
New Zealand journalist Michael Field has said the announcement by the Fiji government to lift its ban on foreign journalists in the country is...
Call made for ‘urgent international support’ for East Timorese journalists
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...
Crispin Maslog: A love-hate relationship with President Duterte
A Rappler video on YouTube of the ousting of Senator Leila de Lima yesterday as chair of the Justice Committee. The senator is one...
Protests over new harassment of PNG journalists at court hearing
By Nadia Marai in Port Moresby
Media staff have been threatened and harassed by supporters of Western Province Governor Ati Wobiro, provincial administrator Madowa Gumoi...
WJEC16: ‘That day I saw the power of media, and how...
In this "PNG Diehard" citizen video last month, Papua New Guinea police are seen and heard open-firing at students from the University of PNG...
Duterte’s tough stance, impunity big challenges for media in Philippines
By David Robie
Strained relations between the President-elect of the Philippines, Rodrigo Duterte, and much of the news media before he even takes office this...
Kalafi Moala: A word on the Samoa Observer suicide report
Le Va, in partnership with Pasifika media, has launched the "Pasifika media guidelines for reporting suicide". This whiteboard video provides an overview.
OPINION: By Kalafi...
Philippines President-elect Duterte ‘browbeats’ media in test of will
OPINION: By Amando Doronila in Canberra
Let there be no mistake about this. Since his proclamation by Congress as President-elect, Rodrigo Duterte has engaged the...
Indonesian digital journalist couple attacked at mayor’s house in Makassar
Two digital journalists based in Makassar, in the region of South Sulawesi, Indonesia, have been attacked while attending an event held by Makassar branch...
Beijing’s ‘invisible hand’ felt as Hong Kong press freedom declines
With media freedoms on the decline in Hong Kong, amid growing fears of "mainlandisation", is the press still performing its function as a watchdog?...
TVNZ’s Barbara Dreaver fires back at Fiji PM’s ‘ridiculous claims’
As Television New Zealand's news boss calls for the ban on Barbara Dreaver entering Fiji to be lifted, the Pacific correspondent has responded to...
RSF calls for end to PNG police violence against journalists
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) says it is appalled by a police attack on a woman journalist during a student demonstration that was dispersed violently...
NZ news media ‘generally hostile’, says Fiji’s Bainimarama
By Nasik Swami in Suva
Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama has labelled the New Zealand media as "generally hostile".
Speaking during the banquet to welcome New Zealand...
PNG media council condemns police assault on journalist during protest
The Media Council of Papua New Guinea has condemned a police assault on a woman journalist during yesterday's confrontation between University of Papua New...
Barbara Dreaver: Fiji’s journalist blacklist is a disgrace
By Barbara Dreaver, TVNZ's Pacific Correspondent
According to Prime Minister John Key, the 2006 Fiji coup is ancient history and the time is right for...
Student press editors urge Duterte to uphold media freedom in Philippines
By Marc Lino Abila in Manila
The College Editors Guild of the Philippines (CEGP) is most deeply disturbed by President-elect Rodrigo Duterte’s statement that murdered...
PNG police officer accused of assault on female journalists at Boroko
By Annette Kora in Port Moresby
A TV Wan female journalist and two National Broadcasting Corporation (NBC) reporters in Papua New Guinea have been assaulted...