RSF condemns ‘tax evasion’ charge used to harass Philippine website
Rappler president and media freedom advocate Maria Ressa … now the target of a personal lawsuit by the Duterte government. Image: RSF/Joël Saget/AFP 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 website Rappler and its president, journalist Maria […]
Read More →RSF open letter plea to Suu Kyi for Myanmar journalists’ freedom
RSF open letter to Aung San Suu Kyi … “How are we to understand the sentence passed on these two journalists at the start of the week? What credibility can the rule of law and judicial independence have in Myanmar after this farce?” Image: Ye Aung Thu/AFP/RSF Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk Five days after Reuters […]
Read More →RSF condemns jail terms for two Myanmar journalists in ‘sham trial’
Turmoil outside the Yangon court at the end of the trial of Kyaw Soe Oo (below) and Wa Lone in Myanmar yesterday. Image: Ye Aung Tha/AFP/RSF Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk Reporters Without Borders has condemned the seven-year prison sentences imposed on two Reuters reporters in the Myanmar city of Yangon yesterday at the end of […]
Read More →As Cumhuriyet trial resumes, RSF says journalists must be freed now
Source: Greenpeace New Zealand Headline: As Cumhuriyet trial resumes, RSF says journalists must be freed now Source: Reporters Without Borders – Headline: As Cumhuriyet trial resumes, RSF says journalists must be freed now As the Turkish authorities prepare to resume the emblematic Cumhuriyet newspaper trial tomorrow in Istanbul, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) again urges them […]
Read More →International human rights and free speech organisations express grave concerns as Cumhuriyet trial nears its close
Source: Greenpeace New Zealand Headline: International human rights and free speech organisations express grave concerns as Cumhuriyet trial nears its close Source: Reporters Without Borders – Headline: International human rights and free speech organisations express grave concerns as Cumhuriyet trial nears its close Amnesty International, ARTICLE 19, European Centre for Press and Media Freedom, PEN […]
Read More →Cameroon : outgoing minister’s bodyguards attack reporter
Source: Greenpeace New Zealand Headline: Cameroon : outgoing minister’s bodyguards attack reporter Source: Reporters Without Borders – Headline: Cameroon : outgoing minister’s bodyguards attack reporter Isseri, who reports for the Le Jour daily newspaper, went to the newly replaced minister’s home in Yaoundé on 3 March to get his reaction, as he does with ministers […]
Read More →Egyptian prosecutors seek death sentence for photographer
Source: Greenpeace New Zealand Headline: Egyptian prosecutors seek death sentence for photographer Source: Reporters Without Borders – Headline: Egyptian prosecutors seek death sentence for photographer Prosecutors have requested a death sentence for Mahmoud Abou Zeid, an Egyptian photojournalist known as Shawkan who has been held for four and a half years. Reporters Without Borders (RSF) […]
Read More →Saudi crown prince must not be given a pass on press freedom during UK visit
Source: Greenpeace New Zealand Headline: Saudi crown prince must not be given a pass on press freedom during UK visit Source: Reporters Without Borders – Headline: Saudi crown prince must not be given a pass on press freedom during UK visit Prince Mohammed is set to visit the UK from 7 to 9 March to […]
Read More →Swiss voters reject “No Billag” initiative, save public broadcasting
Source: Greenpeace New Zealand Headline: Swiss voters reject “No Billag” initiative, save public broadcasting Source: Reporters Without Borders – Headline: Swiss voters reject “No Billag” initiative, save public broadcasting But the Swiss authorities and state broadcasters heaved a sigh of relief after the referendum on Sunday (4 March), when 71.6% of voters rejected the proposed […]
Read More →US – #WeeklyAddress: February 26 – March 4: With Hope Hicks out, what’s next for Trump’s relationship with the press?
Source: Greenpeace New Zealand Headline: US – #WeeklyAddress: February 26 – March 4: With Hope Hicks out, what’s next for Trump’s relationship with the press? Source: Reporters Without Borders – Headline: US – #WeeklyAddress: February 26 – March 4: With Hope Hicks out, what’s next for Trump’s relationship with the press? White House Communications Director […]
Read More →RSF welcomes UK plan to repeal Section 40
Source: Greenpeace New Zealand Headline: RSF welcomes UK plan to repeal Section 40 Source: Reporters Without Borders – Headline: RSF welcomes UK plan to repeal Section 40 On 1 March, Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Matt Hancock announced in an oral statement to parliament that the government will be closing the […]
Read More →Uzbek journalist freed after 19 years in prison
Source: Greenpeace New Zealand Headline: Uzbek journalist freed after 19 years in prison Source: Reporters Without Borders – Headline: Uzbek journalist freed after 19 years in prison Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is relieved to learn that Yusuf Ruzimuradov, an Uzbek journalist who had been held for 19 years, was finally released on 22 February. RSF […]
Read More →India: RSF hails suspect’s arrest in Gauri Lankesh murder
Source: Greenpeace New Zealand Headline: India: RSF hails suspect’s arrest in Gauri Lankesh murder Source: Reporters Without Borders – Headline: India: RSF hails suspect’s arrest in Gauri Lankesh murder The special police unit that was set up to investigate Gauri Lankesh‘s death announced on 2 March that they are questioning Naveen Kumar, the founder of […]
Read More →Egyptian regime turns its sights on foreign media
Source: Greenpeace New Zealand Headline: Egyptian regime turns its sights on foreign media Source: Reporters Without Borders – Headline: Egyptian regime turns its sights on foreign media Viewers of ON TV, a pro-government commercial TV channel, saw a strange confession on 26 February. A young woman called Zubeida claimed she had secretly married without telling […]
Read More →US — Latest firings at Newsweek raise alarm bells as to publication’s editorial independence from its owners
Source: Greenpeace New Zealand Headline: US — Latest firings at Newsweek raise alarm bells as to publication’s editorial independence from its owners Source: Reporters Without Borders – Headline: US — Latest firings at Newsweek raise alarm bells as to publication’s editorial independence from its owners Two more editors were fired from Newsweek last week following […]
Read More →UN critics join global outrage over Duterte’s Rappler ‘free press’ attack
Rappler’s CEO and executive editor Maria Ressa says that the Philippine government spends a lot of effort to turn journalism into a crime which shouldn’t be the case. Video: Rappler BACKGROUNDER: By David Robie Three United Nations special rapporteurs have added their voice to the global protests this month over the President Rodrigo Durterte government […]
Read More →RSF media freedom round-up for 2017 – 65 journalists killed, 326 in prison
Al Jazeera’s Neave Barker reports from London. Video: Al Jazeera/RSF Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk Reporters Without Borders has documented the number of journalists killed or jailed this year. It says Syria and Mexico are among the most dangerous places for reporters to work. Sixty percent of journalists killed are targeted because of their journalistic work. […]
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