Tag: World Press Freedom Day
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...
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...
How Crikey stared down Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp but media freedom challenges remain
By Alexandra Wake
World Press Freedom Day is usually marked by stories of despair — worsening repression of voices, media outlets closed down, journalists locked...
Timor-Leste makes top ten in World Press Freedom Index 2023
By David Robie
Timor-Leste has topped a stunning rise among Asia-Pacific countries to make it to into the “top ten” countries in this year’s World...
Pacific media freedom under greater attack than ever
By Samisoni Pareti in Suva
With the trial of three newspaper executives underway in Fiji in May on charges of sedition, the assault of a...