Tag: RSF
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...
RSF condemns media freedom ‘violations’, gag in PNG election
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has condemned many media freedom violations during the general elections held in Papua New Guinea from 24...
Indonesia is ‘double-dealing’ on media freedom, says RSF
Reporters Without Borders has condemned what it calls Indonesia's "double-dealing" as the nation hosts World Press Freedom Day while it continues to harass independent...
Asia-Pacific holds many ‘worst records’ in media freedom report, says RSF
Media freedom is under threat now more than ever - and many of the worst violators are in the Asia-Pacific region, says the Paris-based...
RSF calls on Jokowi to honour pledge to let journalists work...
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has called on Indonesian President Joko Widodo to keep his election promise to allow local and international journalists to operate...
Media freedom: A nice RSF postcard from the Pacific, but not...
The media freedom situation has worsened significantly or stagnated in most of the Asia-Pacific region, reports the Paris-based global media freedom watchdog Reporters Without...
War Reporters and RSF book pay homage to Robert Capa
From Pacific Media Watch
Reporters Without Borders has unveiled its new video campaign, War Reporters. Its release coincides with the publication of RSF’s 50th book...
RSF urges Indonesia to lift Papua ban on French journalist
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...
Hostile climates and journalism challenges
The University of the South Pacific regional journalism programme began 21 years with support from the French government. Recently USP hosted its annual journalism...