Tag: Press Freedom
Photos: Filipinos mark World Press Freedom Day
Student activists and journalists in the Philippines marked World Press Freedom Day on May 3, 2023
Press freedoms shrink, journalists targeted, says UN, media on World Press...
"Truth is threatened by disinformation and hate speech, seeking to blur the lines between fact and fiction, between science and conspiracy"
Southeast Asian MPs condemn shutting down of independent media outlet in...
“Shutting down an independent media outlet due to a single perceived ‘mistake’ is a blatant violation of freedom of the press”
Cambodian leader orders shutdown of independent media outlet
Prime Minister Hun Sen has increasingly cracked down on any opposition as he prepares for elections later this year
Wikipedia back online in Pakistan after ‘blasphemy’ ban
Blasphemy is a sensitive issue in Muslim-majority Pakistan, and social media giants have previously been banned
Asia has highest number of journalists imprisoned in 2022, says new...
Globally, 363 journalists were imprisoned, an increase of 20 percent over the previous year
Catholic journalists in India vow to be ‘prophetic communicators’
“We cannot afford to turn a blind eye to the unsavory developments in the social, economic, political, technological and religious spheres"
Inclusion of articles curtailing freedoms in Indonesia’s new Criminal Code hit
APHR said the new Code includes “problematic articles that could unduly restrict the right to freedom of religion or belief"
Vietnam ranked world’s fifth worst country for internet freedom
Vietnam was one rank below Russia, which plunged down the list from last year because of war in Ukraine
Speaking truth to power is a moral obligation
Father Shay Cullen challenged Church leaders to take a stand and speak out to challenge injustice and abuse