Tag: Press Freedom
Israel has ‘deliberate strategy’ of killing Palestinian journalists like Anas al-Sharif,...
Democracy Now!
AMY GOODMAN: This is Democracy Now!, democracynow.org. I’m Amy Goodman, with Juan González.
Global condemnation is mounting over Israel’s assassination of one of the...
MEAA condemns targeted attacks on Gaza journalists as a war crime
Pacific Media Watch
Australia's Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance has condemned the continued targeted killing of media workers in Gaza and the baseless smearing of...
RSF calls for emergency UN Security Council meeting after targeted Israeli...
Pacific Media Watch
The Paris-based media freedom watchdog Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has condemned the Israeli military's "disgraceful tactic" to cover up war crimes in...
Why Israel’s assassination of Al Jazeera’s Anas al-Sharif and crew threatens...
By David Robie, convenor of Pacific Media Watch
I never knew Anas al-Sharif personally. But somehow he seemed to be part of our whānau.
We watched...
CPJ condemns Israeli killing of Gaza journalist Anas al-Sharif and video...
Pacific Media Watch
The Committee to Protect Journalists has made a statement today that it is appalled to learn of the killing of an Al...
As protesters condemn Western media ‘complicity’, Gaza journalists struggle for survival
Asia Pacific Report
Protesters demonstrated outside several major US media outlets in Washington this week condemning their coverage of the genocide in Gaza, claiming they...
Gaza: Global community must act amid reports of starvation of journalists,...
By Jamie Wiseman
The International Press Institute (IPI) has joined calls for urgent action to halt the unfolding humanitarian crisis in Gaza as global news...
Antoinette Lattouf win against ABC a victory for all truth-tellers
By Isaac Nellist of Green Left Magazine
Australian-Lebanese journalist and commentator Antoinette Lattouf’s unfair dismissal case win against the public broadcaster ABC in the Federal...
Attack on Iran’s state media – Israel bombs IRIB building in...
Pacific Media Watch
Israel targeted one of the buildings of the state-run Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB) in Tehran on the fourth day of...
Gaza plea: RSF, CPJ and 150+ media outlets call on Israel...
Pacific Media Watch
More than 150 press freedom advocacy groups and international newsrooms have joined Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and the Committee to Protect Journalists...
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...
Pope Leo XIV expresses solidarity for ‘persecuted’ journalists seeking truth, calls...
By Devin Watkins of Vatican News
Only four days have passed since his election to the papacy, and Pope Leo XIV has made it a...
Who killed Shireen Abu Akleh? Film names Israeli soldier but Israel...
Democracy Now!
NERMEEN SHAIKH: We begin today’s show looking at Israel’s ongoing targeting of Palestinian journalists. A recent report by the Costs of War Project...
USP World Press Freedom Day warnings over AI, legal reform and...
By Niko Ratumaimuri in Suva
World Press Freedom Day is not just a celebration of the vital role journalism plays -- it is also a...
Fiji media’s Stan Simpson blasts ‘hypocrites’ in social media clash...
Pacific Media Watch
Barely hours after being guest speaker at the University of the South Pacific's annual World Press Freedom Day event this week, Fiji...
Samoa down in RSF media freedom world ranking due to ‘authoritarian...
Talamua Online News
Samoa has dropped in its media and information freedom world ranking from 22 in 2024 to 44 in 2025 in the latest...
Indonesian postcard image ‘dangerous’ but Fiji a rising star in RSF...
Pacific Media Watch
To mark the release of the 2025 World Press Freedom Index, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) partnered with the agency The Good Company...
Fiji media welcomes credible news services, but not ‘pop-up propagandists’, says...
By Anish Chand
Entities and individuals that thrived under the previous government with public relations contracts now want to be part of the media or...
Pacific ‘story sovereignty’ top of mind on World Press Freedom Day
By Michelle Curran of Pasifika TV
World Press Freedom Day is a poignant reminder that journalists and media workers are essential for a healthy, functioning...
New deal for journalism – RSF’s 11 steps to ‘reconstruct’ global...
Australia (ranked 29th) and New Zealand (ranked 16th) are cited as positive examples by Reporters Without Borders in the 2025 World Press Freedom Index...
‘Dead weight comes to mind’ when thinking about Gazan parents and...
World Media Freedom Day reflections of a protester
Yesterday, World Media Freedom Day, we marched to Television New Zealand in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland to deliver...
Rabuka salutes Fiji media but warns against taking freedom for granted
By Anish Chand in Suva
Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka has paid tribute to all those working the media industry in his message to mark...