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July 10, 2020
The controversial 101 East episode Locked Up in Malaysia’s Lockdown on 3 July 2020. Video: Al Jazeera Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk Malaysian police summoned six Al Jazeera media workers today for questioning relating to an investigation for defamation and violation of Malaysia’s Communications and Multimedia Act (CMA), reports IFJ Asia-Pacific. The International Federation of Journalists ... <a title="Malaysia police summon Al Jazeera journalists for questioning" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/10/malaysia-police-summon-al-jazeera-journalists-for-questioning/" aria-label="Read more about Malaysia police summon Al Jazeera journalists for questioning">Read more</a>
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July 10, 2020
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk Sixty press freedom groups and civil society organisations, journalism institutions, filmmakers, and other supporters have formed a coalition in support of Maria Ressa and independent media in the Philippines, united around the call to #HoldTheLine. Today the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), the International Center for Journalists (ICFJ), and Reporters Without ... <a title="#HoldTheLine campaign launched to back Maria Ressa, independent media " class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/10/holdtheline-campaign-launched-to-back-maria-ressa-independent-media/" aria-label="Read more about #HoldTheLine campaign launched to back Maria Ressa, independent media ">Read more</a>
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July 3, 2020
Pacific Media Watch Australia’s ABC has revealed the Australian Federal Police (AFP) recommendation regarding the Afghan Files investigative journalism report is for the Commonwealth DPP to consider charging journalist Dan Oakes for his role in the leak. The revelation has prompted a renewed call by the Alliance for Journalists’ Freedom (APJ) for a media freedom ... <a title="Possible Afghan Files probe journalist prosecution sparks free media law call" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/03/possible-afghan-files-probe-journalist-prosecution-sparks-free-media-law-call/" aria-label="Read more about Possible Afghan Files probe journalist prosecution sparks free media law call">Read more</a>
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July 2, 2020
The unopposed motion put forward by Prime Minister Henry Puna was regarding the article titled “MPs seek allowance top-ups in downturn”. In her ruling, Rattle said the headline was unfair and the use of the word “demand” in the first paragraph was inaccurate. READ MORE: Earlier Cook Islands News editorial on the issue The newspaper ... <a title="Cook Islands Speaker rules against motion to ban political journalist" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/02/cook-islands-speaker-rules-against-motion-to-ban-political-journalist/" aria-label="Read more about Cook Islands Speaker rules against motion to ban political journalist">Read more</a>
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June 30, 2020
By Lian Buan in Manila Rappler chief executive Maria Ressa and former researcher-writer Reynaldo Santos Jr have filed a motion for partial reconsideration, appealing to Manila Judge Rainelda Estacio-Montesa to reconsider her decision that convicted the journalists of cyber libel. Ressa and Santos’ lawyers from the Free Legal Assistance Group (FLAG) submitted their 132-page motion ... <a title="Rappler chief Ressa appeals over cyber libel conviction, cites errors, ‘malice’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/30/rappler-chief-ressa-appeals-over-cyber-libel-conviction-cites-errors-malice/" aria-label="Read more about Rappler chief Ressa appeals over cyber libel conviction, cites errors, ‘malice’">Read more</a>
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June 24, 2020
By Sri Krishnamurthi, contributing editor of Pacific Media Watch Cook Islands Members of Parliament want to ban a journalist from Parliament for what they claim was inaccurate reporting over them seeking travel perks in the House. They have asked the Speaker, Nikki Rattle, to withdraw senior Cook Islands News journalist and political editor Rashneel Kumar ... <a title="Cook Islands MPs seek to ban political editor for story exposing travel perks" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/24/cook-islands-mps-seek-to-ban-political-editor-for-story-exposing-travel-perks/" aria-label="Read more about Cook Islands MPs seek to ban political editor for story exposing travel perks">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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June 23, 2020
By Rappler A Thousand Cuts, Ramona Diaz’s documentary on democracy and press freedom in the Philippines, has won the top prize at the 2020 Doc Edge Festival in New Zealand. The winning films and filmmakers are listed on the festival’s website, with A Thousand Cuts named best international feature. Other international award-winners include Far From ... <a title="A Thousand Cuts wins best global feature at NZ’s Doc Edge festival" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/23/a-thousand-cuts-wins-best-global-feature-at-nzs-doc-edge-festival/" aria-label="Read more about A Thousand Cuts wins best global feature at NZ’s Doc Edge festival">Read more</a>
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June 17, 2020
Pacific Media Watch Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has condemned the up to six years in jail sentence that Philippine journalist Maria Ressa faces on a criminal libel charge in a “shocking judicial masquerade” in Manila yesterday. It called on the country’s justice system to recover a “semblance of credibility” by overturning her conviction on appeal, ... <a title="RSF brands Maria Ressa’s conviction as ‘masquerade’ amid global criticism" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/17/rsf-brands-maria-ressas-conviction-as-masquerade-amid-global-criticism/" aria-label="Read more about RSF brands Maria Ressa’s conviction as ‘masquerade’ amid global criticism">Read more</a>
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June 15, 2020
By Ted Regencia in Manila A court in the Philippines has found Rappler chief executive and executive editor Maria Ressa, and a former Rappler reporter, Reynaldo Santos Jr, guilty of cyber libel, in a controversial case seen as a major test of press freedom under the administration of President Rodrigo Duterte. In a ruling delivered ... <a title="Maria Ressa found guilty in blow to Philippines’ press freedom" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/15/maria-ressa-found-guilty-in-blow-to-philippines-press-freedom/" aria-label="Read more about Maria Ressa found guilty in blow to Philippines’ press freedom">Read more</a>
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June 15, 2020
Rappler chief executive and executive editor Maria Ressa and former Rappler researcher-writer Reynaldo Santos have been convicted today over cyber libel charges in a high-profile verdict. Rappler as a company was declared to have no liability. As of writing, both journalists are posting bail. READ MORE: TIMELINE: Rappler’s cyber libel case Judge Rainelda Estacio-Montesa of ... <a title="Maria Ressa, Rey Santos Jr convicted of cyber libel in Philippines" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/15/maria-ressa-rey-santos-jr-convicted-of-cyber-libel-in-philippines/" aria-label="Read more about Maria Ressa, Rey Santos Jr convicted of cyber libel in Philippines">Read more</a>
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June 12, 2020
Award-winning Filipino-American filmmaker Ramona Diaz takes viewers to the Philippines where the free press has been under siege since President Rodrigo #Duterte took office three years ago. Video: BA News Pacific Media Watch PBS investigative documentary series Frontline has acquired A Thousand Cuts, the powerful documentary of award-winning Filipino-American director Ramona Diaz about a “lawless ... <a title="Frontline snaps up Ramona Diaz’s powerful doco A Thousand Cuts" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/12/frontline-snaps-up-ramona-diazs-powerful-doco-a-thousand-cuts/" aria-label="Read more about Frontline snaps up Ramona Diaz’s powerful doco A Thousand Cuts">Read more</a>
