Tag: Reporters Without Borders
1668 journalists killed in past 20 years (2003-2022), says RSF
Pacific Media Watch
With murders, contract killings, ambushes, war zone deaths and fatal injuries, a staggering total of 1668 journalists have been killed worldwide in...
‘Against propaganda, there are facts’ – RSF’s new global campaign video
The new Reporters Without Borders campaign video about Russian's invasion propaganda. Video: RSF
Pacific Media Watch
As Russia’s propaganda and crackdown on journalism continue to wreak...
Keep Maria Ressa out of jail, #HoldTheLine tells Marcos
Pacific Media Watch
The #HoldTheLine Coalition has urged President Marcos of the Philippines to end persecution of journalists and independent media by dropping all charges...
Ajay Bhai Amrit: Freedom of the press – Fiji’s ranking a...
COMMENTARY: By Ajay Bhai Amrit in Suva
Bula readers. As some of you might be aware, I am a member of various media bodies and...
‘We’ll scrap Fiji’s Media Act … and allow free press,’ says...
By Vijay Narayan of Fijivillage
People’s Alliance leader Sitiveni Rabuka says a People’s Alliance government will scrap the draconian Media Industry Development Act and allow...
RSF criticises charges against Timor-Leste reporter over revealing minors given virginity...
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk
Anything concerning the Catholic Church is extremely sensitive in Timor-Leste, as Raimundos Oki, the editor of The Oekusi Post website can...
Timor-Leste journalist faces probe after exposing child abuse case
By Sirwan Kajjo in Dili
In a deeply Catholic country, accusations that an American priest abused dozens of children at an orphanage stunned many in...
RSF condemns Chinese curb on reporters during Pacific island tour
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has condemned a media blackout imposed on events during Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi’s 10-day tour of...
French reporter ‘paid with his life’ for reliable Ukraine war coverage
Pacific Media Watch
Appalled by French reporter Frédéric Leclerc-Imhoff’s death in Ukraine on Monday, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has called for a transparent investigation into...
Gavin Ellis: As if the killing of Shireen Abu Akleh wasn’t...
The global response to the killing of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh. Video: Al Jazeera
COMMENTARY: By Gavin Ellis of Knightly Views
Nothing justifies the...
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...
RSF report another reminder for Fiji to drop harsh media penalties,...
By Vijay Narayan and Naveel Krishant in Suva
The Fijian Media Association says the Reporters Without Borders (RSF) 2020 World Press Freedom Index report is...
‘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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
RSF refers Russian strikes on four Ukrainian TV towers for ICC...
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has filed a complaint with the International Criminal Court’s chief prosecutor about Russian strikes on four radio...
MEAA condemns EMTV’s ‘assault’ on PNG journalists’ rights
MEAA News
The Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance’s national media section committee of elected officials has condemned the suspension of 24 Papua New Guinean TV...