Tag: Press Freedom
Yap’s traditional chiefs seek to expel, gag probing US journalist
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Traditional chiefs, members of the Council of Pilung from the four main islands of Yap, have written to the Yap Legislature...
NZ journalists arrested in Fiji now free but no new era...
ANALYSIS: By Dr Dominic O'Sullivan
It is not unusual for Fiji to intimidate and imprison journalists.
Journalists provide checks on government, parliament and business, which threatens...
Timorese journalists protest outside Philippine embassy over Ressa arrest
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The Timor-Leste Press Union has protested in front of the Philippine Embassy in the capital Dili in solidarity with indicted Journalist...
No progress on press freedom, impunity under Jokowi’s watch
By Dieqy Hasbi Widhana in Jakarta
Indonesia's National Press Day (HPN), which falls on February 9 - yesterday, is a reminder of the murder of...
Vietnamese blogger critic missing and feared ‘kidnapped’ in Bangkok
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Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has called on the Thai authorities to shed all possible light on the disappearance of Truong Duy...
Timor-Leste Press Council condemns ‘crime’ against public broadcaster
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Timor-Leste’s Press Council (TLPC) has strongly condemned political interference in the country’s public broadcasting service (RTTL) newsroom where political-appointed advisers for...
António Sampaio: Freedom of the press – rights, responsibilities and transparency
By António Sampaio in Dili, Timor-Leste
New debates in Timor-Leste are circulating about political interference in newsrooms. Attempts to condition or determine that somebody cannot...
PNG Media Council says bring back Waide – stop attacking free...
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The Media Council of PNG has called on the board and management of Media Niugini
Limited to allow senior EMTV journalist Scott...
Scott Waide: PNGFM news boss calls for investigations, penalties for troops...
Scott Waide's blog highlights an open letter by Genesis Ketan, director of news, PNGFM:
As director of News for PNGFM, I am very disappointed at...
Timor-Leste GMN media group ‘sacks’ editor over role on Press Council
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The news editor for National Media Group (GMN) in Timor-Leste has been dismissed due to his role as the TL Press...
Vanuatu Daily Post … latest news hot off the free press
"How your newspaper gets to you" ... Vanuatu Daily Press press rolling with the day's news. Video: VDP
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The Vanuatu Daily Post,...
Climate change and security big focus for Pacific Islands Forum in...
Climate change is a major worry to the Pacific Islands and it was the major talking point at the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) earlier...
Pacific Island leaders tightening the screws on press freedom, dissent
ANALYSIS: The three-hour "detention" of television New Zealand Pacific affairs reporter Barbara Dreaver for "breaking protocols" over interviewing refugees on Nauru. But Josef Benedict...
Rappler’s editor Maria Ressa wins global press freedom award
Golden Pen winner Maria Ressa talks about "government impunity" over "war on drugs" killings and social media hate speech. Video: Rappler
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Fiji Times Four ‘relieved’ sedition newspaper freedom ordeal is over
By Geraldine Panapasa, editor-in-chief of Wansolwara
“Relief!”
That was the word from Fiji Times Ltd publisher Hank Arts after High Court judge Justice Thushara Rajasinghe acquitted...
Justice Rajasinghe to deliver Fiji Times sedition trial verdict on Tuesday
By Litia Cava in Suva
High Court judge Justice Thushara Rajasinghe is set to deliver his verdict on Tuesday after the three assessors returned with...
Tuilaepa accuses Pohiva of being ‘jello’ over Samoan press freedom
By Joyetter Feagaimaali’i-Luamanu
Prime Minister Tuilaepa Sa’ilele Malielelgaoi has accused his Tongan counterpart 'Akilisi Pohiva of being "jello" - jealous - of Samoa's media freedom...
‘Time of anxiety’ – a depressing new normal for local journalists...
By Colleen Murrell in Melbourne
For journalists who cover Afghanistan, the bombing that killed nine local reporters last week in Kabul was a sober reminder...
Journalists talk press freedom – ‘be afraid, but do the...
In this World Press Freedom Day video, Filipino journalists Ed Lingao, Jason Gutierrez, Inday Espina-Varona, Ezra Acayan, and JC Gotinga speak about facing threats...
Student journalists speak up – not all glamour but risky in...
By Laiseana Nasiga in Suva
Final-year student journalists at the University of the South Pacific took centre stage at this year’s World Press Freedom Day...
Journalists work ‘in fear’ in PNG, says media freedom advocate
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A senior journalist in Papua New Guinea says there is no media freedom in the country and journalists are often working...
How Philippine state surveillance is used as a tool to silence...
BRIEFING: Special report by Jodesz Gavilan and Sofia Tomacruz in Manila
Human rights activists say that the conduct of both physical and communication surveillance is...