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August 9, 2021
Journalists already under threat of military arrest, jail and torture in Myanmar are now fronting a covid-19 national crisis as the virus rips through a country stripped bare, writes Phil Thornton. SPECIAL REPORT: By Phil Thornton of the International Federation of Journalists It is six months since Myanmar’s military began dismantling the institutional framework supporting ... <a title="Myanmar: A nation in crisis as the covid pandemic takes hold" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/09/myanmar-a-nation-in-crisis-as-the-covid-pandemic-takes-hold/" aria-label="Read more about Myanmar: A nation in crisis as the covid pandemic takes hold">Read more</a>
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May 16, 2021
Media offices have been bombed and Palestinian and international journalists arrested, beaten and threatened by Israeli forces amid escalating violence in Gaza, reports the International Federation of Journalists. The IFJ has declared in a statement that it stands in solidarity with the Palestinian Journalists Syndicate (PJS) and all Palestinian and foreign media workers that have ... <a title="Palestine: Hold Israel accountable for crimes against journalists, says IFJ" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/16/palestine-hold-israel-accountable-for-crimes-against-journalists-says-ifj/" aria-label="Read more about Palestine: Hold Israel accountable for crimes against journalists, says IFJ">Read more</a>
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April 28, 2021
International Federation of Journalists Australia’s journalists’ union – the Media Entertainment and Arts Alliance (MEAA) – has voted to end its decades long relationship with the Australian Press Council, citing concerns about governance and consistency of rulings at the press regulator. Formed in 1976 as an alternative to government intervention, the Australian Press Council has ... <a title="Australian journalists’ union urges new approach to media regulation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/28/australian-journalists-union-urges-new-approach-to-media-regulation/" aria-label="Read more about Australian journalists’ union urges new approach to media regulation">Read more</a>
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March 4, 2021
Asia Pacific Report Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is dismayed by the sudden intensification of the ruling junta’s crackdown on journalists during the past three days, one month after the military coup in Myanmar on February 1, and warns the junta of its responsibility in the eyes of history. In all, at least 28 journalists have ... <a title="RSF protests over 11 journalists held in Myanmar coup military crackdown" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/04/rsf-protests-over-11-journalists-held-in-myanmar-coup-military-crackdown/" aria-label="Read more about RSF protests over 11 journalists held in Myanmar coup military crackdown">Read more</a>
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March 2, 2021
The Myanmar army, police and militia’s use of violence against peaceful protestors reached another level on Sunday, February 28. By 5pm, local media reported at least 19 confirmed killings and another 10 unconfirmed. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) spoke to journalists covering the nationwide protests. Toe Zaw Latt, a video journalist and production director with ... <a title="Myanmar’s Bloody Sunday – security forces ‘live tracking’ media, protesters" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/02/myanmars-bloody-sunday-security-forces-live-tracking-media-protesters/" aria-label="Read more about Myanmar’s Bloody Sunday – security forces ‘live tracking’ media, protesters">Read more</a>
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December 8, 2020
By Sri Krishnamurthi of the Pacific Media Centre Australian authorities’ heavy-handedness and the use of the covid-19 pandemic to curb civic and media freedoms are major concerns in the latest report, People Power Under Attack 2020, released by the international non-profit organisation CIVICUS. Australia was downgraded last year (2019) and is still rated as having ... <a title="CIVICUS criticises Pacific countries over use of covid to curb freedoms" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/08/civicus-criticises-pacific-countries-over-use-of-covid-to-curb-freedoms/" aria-label="Read more about CIVICUS criticises Pacific countries over use of covid to curb freedoms">Read more</a>
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November 21, 2020
By Laurens Ikinia in Auckland Media freedom defenders from Commonwealth countries have criticised many governments across the world that threaten and censor the work of journalists. A virtual conference on media freedom in the Commonwealth was hosted by the Institute of Commonwealth Studies (ICwS) in a webinar in London this week. Three speakers condemned Chinese ... <a title="Media freedom defenders criticise China, other Pacific info ‘threats’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/21/media-freedom-defenders-criticise-china-other-pacific-info-threats/" aria-label="Read more about Media freedom defenders criticise China, other Pacific info ‘threats’">Read more</a>
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October 16, 2020
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk Today, October 16, marks the 45th anniversary of the Balibo Five – the five Australian-based Australian, British and New Zealand – journalists murdered in East Timor in 1975. Their case remains unsolved. Roger East, a former ABC journalist, was later murdered when in Timor-Leste investigating the earlier killings and running a ... <a title="AJF condemns impunity over Balibo Five murders in Timor, other killings" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/16/ajf-condemns-impunity-over-balibo-five-murders-in-timor-other-killings/" aria-label="Read more about AJF condemns impunity over Balibo Five murders in Timor, other killings">Read more</a>
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June 24, 2020
But their unanimous vote was not to introduce a new weapon in the fight against covid-19; it was to condemn Cook Islands News for its reporting on MPs’ travel allowances. They went further and asked Speaker Niki Rattle to require that Cook Islands News journalist Rashneel Kumar withdraw from reporting Parliament for an (as yet ... <a title="Cook Islands News on journalist ban bid: MPs are all in this together" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/24/cook-islands-news-on-journalist-ban-bid-mps-are-all-in-this-together/" aria-label="Read more about Cook Islands News on journalist ban bid: MPs are all in this together">Read more</a>
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August 2, 2019
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk A journalist has been taken in for police questioning while documenting the land struggles of Temiar Orang Asli, an indigenous community in Kampung Sungai Papan, Malaysia, reports the Malay Mail. Alexandra Radu from Romania said she was taken to the Gerik district police station yesterday morning after talking to the indigenous ... <a title="Journalist ‘hauled in’ for police questioning at Malaysia land protest" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/02/journalist-hauled-in-for-police-questioning-at-malaysia-land-protest/" aria-label="Read more about Journalist ‘hauled in’ for police questioning at Malaysia land protest">Read more</a>
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June 7, 2019
By Denis Muller of University of Melbourne In their raids on media organisations, journalists and whistleblowers, the Australian Federal Police have shown themselves to be the tool of a secretive, ruthless and vindictive executive government. Secretive because the extensive web of laws passed under the rubric of national security, on top of the secrecy provisions ... <a title="Media raids raise questions of police power over journalists, whistleblowers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/07/media-raids-raise-questions-of-police-power-over-journalists-whistleblowers/" aria-label="Read more about Media raids raise questions of police power over journalists, whistleblowers">Read more</a>
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May 10, 2019
Last week was a big one for the media. Not only did New Zealand’s biggest newspaper launch a new paywall, but Thursday was “World News Day”, and Friday was “World Media Freedom Day”. All of this prompts the question, how well is New Zealand society and democracy served by the media in 2019? The World ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: The State of the NZ media" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/10/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-the-state-of-the-nz-media/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: The State of the NZ media">Read more</a>
