Tag: World Press Freedom Day
Too many journalists remain silent over the Gaza genocide, a threat to our media credibility
By David Robie on World Press Freedom Day 2025
I ask you now: Do not stop speaking about Gaza.
Do not let the world look away.
Keep...
Palestine protesters march on TVNZ, accuse broadcaster of bias on Gaza
Asia Pacific Report
About 1000 pro-Palestinian protesters marked World Press Freedom Day — May 3 — today by marching on the public broadcaster Television New...
Auckland Palestine rally honours Gaza journalists for freedom award
Asia Pacific Report
About 500 people honoured Palestinian journalists in the heart of the New Zealand city of Auckland today for their brave coverage of...
Media freedom award for the Gaza journalists who have paid a terrible price in Israel’s genocidal war
By David Robie, convenor of Pacific Media Watch
Along with the devastating death toll -- now almost 35,000 people, hundreds of aid workers and hundreds...
NZ slumps to 19th as RSF says press freedom threatened by global decline
Pacific Media Watch
New Zealand has slumped to an unprecedented 19th place in the annual Reporters Without Borders 2024 World Press Freedom Index survey released...
Human rights arguments have lost credibility over West’s double standards
ANALYSIS: By Kalinga Seneviratne in Suva
At a time when the West has weaponised human rights, the United Nations body that promotes freedom of expression...