Tag: press freedom
Israeli troops seize, blindfold naked journalists in bid to ‘silence’ Gaza
Pacific Media Watch
Ismail al-Ghoul, an Al Jazeera Arabic correspondent who was held for 12 hours at Gaza’s al-Shifa hospital, says Israeli forces rounded up...
Gaza media voices: Who are Bisan, Hind Khoudary, Motaz and Plestia?
Young women Bisan Owda, Hind Khudary, Plestia Alaqad -- and Motaz Azaiza, a young man also from Gaza -- are among a new generation...
War on Gaza: Palestinian journalism has been decimated with impunity
Pacific Media Watch
The toll of four months of war in Gaza on journalism is “nothing short of horrifying” — Palestinian journalists killed, wounded, and...
Fiji human rights activists pay tribute to slain Gaza journalists, but shunned by local media
Pacific Media Watch
Fiji human rights activists have paid tribute in a Suva vigil this week to the more than 100 journalists — most of...
Journalists need to ‘take a stand’ over the Gaza carnage after latest killings
By David Robie, editor of Café Pacific
Reporting Israel’s war on Gaza has become the greatest credibility challenge for journalists and media of our times....
IPI condemns arrest of French investigative journalist Ariane Lavrilleux over ‘Egypt papers’
Pacific Media Watch
The International Press Institute (IPI) has condemned the arrest and interrogation of French journalist Ariane Lavrilleux and demanded her immediate release. She...