Tag: RSF
‘Free Jimmy Lai now’ plea by RSF and 116 global media...
Pacific Media Watch
More than 100 media leaders from around the world have joined Reporters Without Borders (RSF) in signing an unprecedented joint statement expressing...
Pacific eyes on media as Blinken joins RSF’s 2023 World Press...
Pacific Media Watch
Pacific eyes will be on the World Press Freedom Index 2023 when it is launched today as concerns grow over the slip...
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...
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...
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...
New (unofficial) oppressive rules imposed on journalists in Afghanistan
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk
Publicly, the Taliban have undertaken to protect journalists and respect press freedom but the reality in Afghanistan is completely different, says...
AJF, RSF and other media freedom watchdogs condemn China’s ‘suffocation’ of...
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk
Apple Daily has announced its imminent closure in a dark day for Hong Kong’s press freedom and democracy, sparking condemnation by...
Fiji drops three places in RSF press freedom index over gagging...
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk
Fiji has dropped three places in the latest Reporters Without Borders World Press Freedom Index and been condemned for its treatment...
RSF 2021 Index: Censorship and the disinformation virus hits Asia-Pacific
Reporters Without Borders
The Asia-Pacific region’s authoritarian regimes have used the covid-19 pandemic to perfect their methods of totalitarian control of information, while the “dictatorial...
Popular Philippines radio show host ‘Rex Cornello’ shot dead in ambush
Pacific Media Watch
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has urged the Philippine authorities to appoint a special independent team to investigate yesterday’s "shocking murder" of an...
RSF launches coronavirus pandemic media freedom tracker
Pacific Media Watch
Launched by Reporters Without Borders (RSF), “Tracker 19” is a tool made for an unprecedented global crisis.
So named in reference not only...
RSF protests over ‘absurd’ ban on Australian journalist visiting NZ
Pacific Media Watch
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has called on Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern’s government to end the "absurd situation" in which Australian investigative journalist...
RSF concerned about ‘lack of evidence’ in US extradition case against...
By RSF in London
During the first week of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange’s US extradition hearing in London, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) was concerned by...
Australian court ruling another threat to whistleblower protection, says RSF
Pacific Media Watch
An Australian federal court decision upholding the legality of the police raid on the Sydney headquarters of the national public broadcaster ABC...
RSF condemns journalist assaults as Hong Kong violence escalates
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
As four more journalists were assaulted in the Hong Kong area last Sunday, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has called on the...
Asian and Pacific nations struggling over media self-censorship, says RSF
By RNZ Pacific
Democracies across Asia and the Pacific are struggling to resist disinformation and protect press freedoms, according to a new report.
Reporters Without Borders...
RSF condemns ‘tax evasion’ charge used to harass Philippine website
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
Reporters Without Borders has condemned the tax evasion charges that the Philippine Department of Justice is bringing against the independent news...
RSF plea to Indonesia to investigate reporter’s death in detention
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has called for an independent inquiry into the death in detention of Muhammad Yusuf, a reporter who...
Journalists work ‘in fear’ in PNG, says media freedom advocate
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
A senior journalist in Papua New Guinea says there is no media freedom in the country and journalists are often working...
China’s media control threatens Asia-Pacific democracies, says RSF
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
The Chinese model of state-controlled news and information is being copied in other Asian countries, especially Vietnam and Cambodia, says the...
Timely strategic research spotlights killings of journalists
A trailer for the controversial Anas investigation into corruption by Ghana's judiciary. Video: AnanseGH TV
BOOKS: By David Robie
The Ghanaian investigative journalist summed up the...