Media law

March 20, 2018

Fiji Times Four ‘relieved’ sedition newspaper freedom ordeal is over

May 23, 2018

Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: The Media’s fraught role in the Jami-Lee...

November 16, 2018

Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Intense speculation on Budget leaking and hacking

May 29, 2019

Political Roundup: Ardern’s “Christchurch Call” might not be so simple

April 29, 2019

Sano Malifa: Criminal libel and PM Tuilaepa’s ‘gift’ from American Samoa

January 8, 2018

Philippine Solicitor-General seeks gag order against top TV channel

February 18, 2020

‘We’ll scrap Fiji’s Media Act … and allow free press,’ says...

July 30, 2022

PNG parliamentarian faces cyber crime charges over K250m Ok Tedi claim

August 21, 2020

Court bars overseas travel for accused Fiji Times publisher

January 25, 2017

Fiji newspaper sedition trial – Fiji Times Four found not guilty

May 22, 2018

Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Winston Peters’ fight against “filthy” politics

November 9, 2017

Vanuatu police question journalists over ‘detained’ vehicle story

July 19, 2019

MEAA blasts ‘disturbing assaults’ on press freedom after new ABC raid

June 5, 2019

Vanuatu right to public information law now in force

February 7, 2017

Ramos-Horta slams criminal libel plan – threat to rights in Timor-Leste

June 9, 2020

Maria Ressa, Rey Santos Jr convicted of cyber libel in Philippines

June 15, 2020

Rappler challenges Duterte’s ‘media powers’ in democracy fight back

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February 2, 2020

Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Police apologise to Nicky Hager for “dirty...

June 13, 2018

Fiji’s draconian media law to be repealed for ‘free society’, says...

January 2, 2023

RSF concerned about ‘lack of evidence’ in US extradition case against...

February 29, 2020

Duterte top state lawyer asks Supreme Court to shut ‘abusive’ media...

February 11, 2020

Nine-Fairfax merger warning for investigative media – and democracy

August 1, 2018

How Philippine state surveillance is used as a tool to silence...

March 23, 2018

Rappler challenges president’s ‘media powers’ in democracy fight back

January 23, 2020

Pacific news journalists grapple with challenges of social media, harsh laws

June 14, 2018

Asian and Pacific nations struggling over media self-censorship, says RSF

April 24, 2019

Timor-Leste free speech, criminal defamation and protecting Maun Bo’ot (‘Big Brother’)

July 3, 2019

Australia – It’s time whistleblowers had better protection

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August 13, 2019

‘We cannot footnote our way to freedom’

June 18, 2018

RSF calls on Philippine state to ‘stop hounding’ Rappler in ‘laughable’...

March 14, 2018

Media rights groups protest against Timor’s draft defamation law

June 11, 2020

Rappler co-founder questions ‘guns blazing’ legal attack on top network

February 19, 2020

Protests sweep Indonesia over new law criminalising ‘criticism’ of MPs

March 22, 2018

#HoldTheLine campaign launched to back Maria Ressa, independent media

July 10, 2020

Bid to unite Asia-Pacific press councils takes off in Timor-Leste

July 25, 2018

Critics see Fiji’s Online Safety Act as ‘Trojan horse’ for online...

January 23, 2019

Journalism training and development vital for better Fiji elections reporting

August 10, 2022

Rappler chief Ressa appeals over cyber libel conviction, cites errors, ‘malice’

June 30, 2020

No progress on press freedom, impunity under Jokowi’s watch