Tag: Press Freedom

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...

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...

The International Federation of Journalists and the South East Asia Journalist Unions have joined international organisations Committee to Protect Journalists and Freedom House in...

By Gayathry Venkiteswaran of IFEX An arrest of a university student for sedition and subsequent attacks against journalists covering the story in India sparked...

Report from IFEX By Gayathry Venkiteswaran Journalists have been killed in terrorist attacks in Afghanistan and Pakistan in separate incidents that took place in January...

Video: Human Rights Watch Report by Pacific Media Watch Reporters Without Borders (RSF) condemns the Indonesian government’s refusal to let French journalist Cyril Payen visit Indonesia...

Report by Pacific Media Watch Māori Television’s Native Affairs story on West Papua is the first by a New Zealand television crew allowed into the...

From Pacific Journalism Review Reviewed by David Robie Saving Independent Journalism: 30 Years Defending Media (39pp); Hostile Climate of Environmental Journalists (27pp). 2015. Paris, France: Reporters...

Report by Pacific Media Watch in Port Moresby The Media Council of Papua New Guinea has expressed grave concerns at plans by the government to...

Report by Pacific Media Centre A draft Indonesian Criminal Code amendment, condemed by critics as undermining freedom of speech, is interpreted to mean that burning...