Tag: press freedom
Indonesia responds after claim official attempted to bribe RNZ Pacific journalist
By Koroi Hawkins
A Radio New Zealand journalist says an Indonesian government official attempted to bribe and intimidate him at last month’s 22nd Melanesian...
Papuan media groups condemn police repression over mangrove forest destruction reporting
Jubi News
Media organisations in Papua — including the Alliance of Independent Journalists (AJI) of Jayapura City, the Indonesian Journalists Association (PWI) of Papua and...
Mr Speaker, we’re not your enemies. We’re reporting without fear or favour
EDITORIAL: PNG Post-Courier
Mister Speaker, our collective question without notice is to you mister Speaker. We want the Prime Minister and his deputy to take...
NZ’s Media Freedom Council slams mayor Brown’s ban attempt as ‘insult to voters’
RNZ News
New Zealand’s Media Freedom Council has called Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown’s exclusion of some media outlets from his budget speech today “unacceptable”.
In an...
‘Free Jimmy Lai now’ plea by RSF and 100 global media leaders
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 media freedom: The day the Fiji police arrested me at Sunday breakfast
By Serafina Silaitoga in Labasa, Fiji
It was a typical Sunday morning on August 10, 2008, as I enjoyed breakfast with the family, lots of...