Tag: Press Freedom

By Anish Chand in Suva The Fiji Times has reaffirmed its commitment to serving as the voice of the nation and championing freedom of expression,...

COMMENTARY: By Maher Nazzal Thousands of people took to the streets across Aotearoa New Zealand on Saturday, standing in solidarity with Palestine as part of...

Fiji’s Online Safety Act raises important questions for journalism, but also freedom of expression more broadly. The current review of the Act presents an...

COMMENTARY: By Stephen Prager Seeking to discredit reports of its unprecedented killing of journalists in Gaza, the Israel Defense Forces last week published a list...

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...

By Tiana Haxton of RNZ Pacific The new president of the Pacific Islands News Association (PINA) wants to strengthen the region's newsrooms. Neville Choi, who is...

Pacific Media Watch Al Jazeera has rejected Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s attack against the network during a speech at the United Nations General Assembly,...

By Nacanieli Tuilevuka in Savusavu Fiji Minister Sitiveni Rabuka has urged Pacific journalists to check and verify information before disseminated it to the public, warning...

RNZ Pacific reporters The president of the Pacific Islands News Association (PINA) says journalists need greater protection when reporting on organised crime networks. Speaking at a...

The Zionist Federation of Australia’s legal assault on Israel critic and journalist Mary Kostakidis was financed by the Israeli war machine via the World...

By Layan Bsharat and Mohammad Sio Israel is holding 37 Palestinian journalists in its prisons, including 19 under administrative detention without charge or trial, says...

Power expected fear, expense and exhaustion to silence one journalist. Mary Kostakidis stood her ground, and an important piece of the wall gave way....

By Rashika Kumar in Suva Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka is calling on Fijians to use their freedom of expression responsibly, stressing that people can disagree...

Democracy Now! AMY GOODMAN: A federal judge has ruled the Trump administration has violated the constitutional rights of international students in seeking to deport them...

Pacific Media Watch Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has condemned and highlighted recent attacks and obstructions committed by the Israeli military against Palestinian journalists reporting from...

By Andrew Naidu in Suva Fiji's High Court has granted an application seeking the release of seven electronic devices seized by police from British-Fiji journalist...

By Rashika Kumar in Suva Counsel for Fiji-British journalist Charlie Charters has been ordered by High Court judge Justice Pita Bulamainaivalu to serve a motion...

Pacific Media Watch A court struggle featuring Daily Blog editor and media freedom defender Martyn Bradbury has taken a surprise turn, with Free Speech Union...

By Victor Barreiro Jr in Manila The National Union of Journalists (NUJP) of the Philippines calls it "outrageous" for the Vice- President to insult the...

EDITORIAL: By Martyn "Bomber" Bradbury, editor and publisher of The Daily Blog Media Insider: Complainant wants apology and blog posts permanently removed; blogger Martyn Bradbury...

COMMENTARY: By Eva Karene Bartlett During the ongoing Israeli genocide of Gaza, Palestinian journalists have been courageously reporting under Israel’s bombs, drones and snipers. More than...

EDITORIAL: By The Daily Blog editor and publisher Martyn Bradbury Comrades. The Daily Blog is New Zealand's largest leftwing blog; we have been around for 13...