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April 20, 2019
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk Fiji, New Zealand and Timor-Leste have made significant gains in the latest annual Reporters Without Borders World Press Freedom Index while the Paris-based global watchdog has warned that totalitarian propaganda, censorship, intimidation and cyber-harassment have been on the rise in the Asia-Pacific region. “A lot of courage is needed nowadays to ... <a title="Pacific ‘bright spots’ amid World Press Freedom Index Asian warnings" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/20/pacific-bright-spots-amid-world-press-freedom-index-asian-warnings/" aria-label="Read more about Pacific ‘bright spots’ amid World Press Freedom Index Asian warnings">Read more</a>
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February 16, 2019
Timor-Leste Press Union president Francisco Belo condemning the arrest and charge of “cyber libel” against Rappler publisher Maria Ressa. Image: Antonio Dasiparu/TLPU Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk The Timor-Leste Press Union has protested in front of the Philippine Embassy in the capital Dili in solidarity with indicted Journalist Maria Ressa over her “persecution” and in defence ... <a title="Timorese journalists protest outside Philippine embassy over Ressa arrest" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/16/timorese-journalists-protest-outside-philippine-embassy-over-ressa-arrest/" aria-label="Read more about Timorese journalists protest outside Philippine embassy over Ressa arrest">Read more</a>
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February 14, 2019
Award-winning journalist, publisher and editor Maria Ressa (left) being arrested in Rappler’s newsroom yesterday. She was being kept in detention last night. Image: Maria Tan/AFP/RSF Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk The Paris-based global media advocacy group Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has condemned yesterday’s arrest of Maria Ressa, editor of the independent Manila-based news website Rappler, on ... <a title="Philippine website editor Maria Ressa held on ‘cyber libel’ charge" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/14/philippine-website-editor-maria-ressa-held-on-cyber-libel-charge/" aria-label="Read more about Philippine website editor Maria Ressa held on ‘cyber libel’ charge">Read more</a>
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February 7, 2019
Truong Duy Nhat’s disappearance is all the more disturbing because he is widely respected as a blogger. Image: RSF/Youtube). Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has called on the Thai authorities to shed all possible light on the disappearance of Truong Duy Nhat, a famous Vietnamese blogger who went missing in Bangkok last ... <a title="Vietnamese blogger critic missing and feared ‘kidnapped’ in Bangkok" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/07/vietnamese-blogger-critic-missing-and-feared-kidnapped-in-bangkok/" aria-label="Read more about Vietnamese blogger critic missing and feared ‘kidnapped’ in Bangkok">Read more</a>
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January 23, 2019
Fiji’s new online safety law … deemed by the government as necessary to make the internet a safe space for women and children. Image: S&S By Mong Palatino of Global Voices Fiji’s Online Safety Act took effect this month amid concerns that it will be used to censor the internet. The law was passed in ... <a title="Critics see Fiji’s Online Safety Act as ‘Trojan horse’ for online censors" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/23/critics-see-fijis-online-safety-act-as-trojan-horse-for-online-censors/" aria-label="Read more about Critics see Fiji’s Online Safety Act as ‘Trojan horse’ for online censors">Read more</a>
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