Tag: Press Freedom
RSF calls for independent probe into Al Jazeera reporter’s West Bank...
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk
Israel's fatal shooting of leading Al Jazeera reporter Shireen Abu Akleh as she covered clashes in the West Bank city of...
‘Intimidated’ Fiji worst place for Pacific journalists, says RSF’s freedom index
RNZ Pacific
Fiji has been ranked as the worst place in the Pacific region for journalists in the latest assessment by the global press freedom...
‘Be fearless – and amplify the voice of the people’, Prasad...
By Luke Nacei in Suva
Fiji has no place for a partisan media using press freedom as a blank cheque to be a mouthpiece of...
Fiji criticised for legal ‘criminalisation’ of journalism in big drop in...
By Anish Chand in Lautoka
Fiji’s use of legislation to criminalise the work of journalists who publicise “contrary to the public or national interest” is...
Journalist blames starving of PNG province news on EMTV dispute
By Prianka Srinivasan of ABC Pacific Beat
A senior Papua New Guinea journalist says an ongoing dispute between journalists and management at television broadcaster EMTV...
Media freedom slide in Australia ‘undermining’ ability to project democratic values
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk
A Melbourne-based Indonesian media academic has warned that declining media freedom in Australia is undermining the country's ability to project liberal...
Take action, don’t just offer words, MEAA tells Australia on media...
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk
The next Australian government must recommit to press freedom by putting in place overdue reforms to support public interest journalism, says...
Nobel laureates Ramos-Horta, Ressa demand freedoms, fight for democracy
By Sofia Tomacruz in Manila
Nobel laureates José Ramos-Horta and Maria Ressa have urged Southeast Asians to keep working toward a better region where democratic...
RSF launches new #FreeAssange petition as UK’s Home Secretary considers extradition...
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk
Following a district court order referring the extradition of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange back to the United Kingdom's Home Office, Reporters...
‘Respect’ work of journalists and media, Masi tells Solomons police
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk
The Media Association of Solomon Islands (Masi) has called on the police to respect journalists and media workers when carrying out...
Step up efforts to free Assange after 3 years in jail,...
Pacific Media Watch newdesk
Australia must step up diplomatic efforts to encourage the US government to drop its bid to extradite Julian Assange who has...
Media watchdogs slam 16 new legal complaints against Ressa, Rappler
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk
Ahead of national elections in the Philippines next month, the state has stepped up its attacks on Nobel Peave laureate Maria...
Good news for Pacific regional broadcasting – bad news for locals
SPECIAL REPORT: By Jason Brown
Good news -- an Australian parliamentary review recommends a more “expansive” media presence in the Pacific.
Bad news -- little of...
Universities must act to prevent espionage and foreign interference, but national...
ANALYSIS: By Sarah Kendall, The University of Queensland
This week, the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security released its much anticipated report on national...
NZ’s Public Interest Media Fund not media bribe but deal of...
COMMENTARY: By David Reid of Local Democracy Reporting
A media bribe? More like the deal of the century.
Fifty-five million dollars does sound like a lot...
New media freedom advocacy institute formed in Marshall Islands
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk
The first media freedom advocacy group has formed in the Marshall Islands. Organisers this week were in the initial phase of...
War in Ukraine: RSF warns over journalists risking their lives
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk
Several media crews have already come under fire and four reporters have sustained gunshot injuries in Ukraine since the start of...
How China is manipulating the information war in the Pacific
ANALYSIS: By Sue Ahearn
As China seeks greater influence in the South Pacific, its manipulation of local news outlets is having a serious impact on...
No money, little experience, but Marshall Islands media icon leaves lasting...
OBITUARY: By Giff Johnson, editor of the Marshall Islands Journal and RNZ Pacific correspondent
Micronitor News and Printing Company founder Joe Murphy moved the goal...
RSF condemns threats, violence against media from NZ’s ‘freedom convoy’ protest
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has condemned the threats and violence against news media by protesters during the 16-day anti-covid-19 vaccine mandates...
Jack Lapauve: Why we walked out in protest over EMTV news...
COMMENTARY: EMTV's deputy news editor Jack Lapauve Jr in Port Moresby writes in defence of the newsroom's decision to walk out in protest over...
EMTV news team walk out in protest over suspension of their...
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk
The national news team of Papua New Guinea's major television channel, EMTV, walked out last night in protest over a decision...