Tag: World Press Freedom Index

EDITORIAL: The Samoa Observer editorial board The Samoan government’s attempt to control the media for the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting is a slap across...

By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk A women's union in New Caledonia has staged a sit-in protest this week to support senior...

By Stephen Wright and Stefan Armbruster of BenarNews Fiji’s ranking in a global press freedom index has jumped into the top tier of countries with...

Pacific Media Watch Journalists who report on environmental issues are encountering growing difficulties in many parts of the world, reports Reporters Without Borders. According to the...

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...

Highlights of the 2023 World Press Freedom Index. Video: RSF By David Robie Timor-Leste has topped a stunning rise among Asia-Pacific countries to make it to...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Asia Pacific Report Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is dismayed by the sudden intensification of the ruling junta’s crackdown on journalists during the past three days,...

Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has called on the Thai authorities to shed all possible light on the disappearance of Truong Duy...

Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk Timor-Leste’s Press Council (TLPC) has strongly condemned political interference in the country’s public broadcasting service (RTTL) newsroom where political-appointed advisers for...

By Joyetter Feagaimaali’i-Luamanu Prime Minister Tuilaepa Sa’ilele Malielelgaoi has accused his Tongan counterpart 'Akilisi Pohiva of being "jello" - jealous - of Samoa's media freedom...

In this World Press Freedom Day video, Filipino journalists Ed Lingao, Jason Gutierrez, Inday Espina-Varona, Ezra Acayan, and JC Gotinga speak about facing threats...