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June 11, 2020
Pacific Media Watch Timor-Leste’s Minister of Justice plans to present to the Council of Ministers a proposal to include criminal defamation in the country’s penal code. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliate the Timor-Leste Press Union (TLPU) have protested against the move that would undermine press freedom and public interest journalism, reports ... <a title="Media rights groups protest against Timor’s draft defamation law" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/11/media-rights-groups-protest-against-timors-draft-defamation-law/" aria-label="Read more about Media rights groups protest against Timor’s draft defamation law">Read more</a>
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June 9, 2020
By Antonio Sampaio in Dili Former East Timorese President José Ramos-Horta says it is not opportune for the government to be debating the possible criminalisation of defamation, with the risk of jeopardizing citizens’ rights. Instead, he says, the Timor-Leste government should concentrate on issues like the economy. “I don’t think it is a priority issue ... <a title="Ramos-Horta slams criminal libel plan – threat to rights in Timor-Leste" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/09/ramos-horta-slams-criminal-libel-plan-threat-to-rights-in-timor-leste/" aria-label="Read more about Ramos-Horta slams criminal libel plan – threat to rights in Timor-Leste">Read more</a>
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February 29, 2020
By RSF in London During the first week of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange’s US extradition hearing in London, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) was concerned by the clear lack of evidence from the US for its charges against Assange. RSF also remains concerned about Assange’s wellbeing and inability to participate properly in his hearing, following ... <a title="RSF concerned about ‘lack of evidence’ in US extradition case against Assange" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/02/29/rsf-concerned-about-lack-of-evidence-in-us-extradition-case-against-assange/" aria-label="Read more about RSF concerned about ‘lack of evidence’ in US extradition case against Assange">Read more</a>
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February 19, 2020
Pacific Media Watch The Philippines top state lawyer has filed a lawsuit against the country’s key television broadcaster with “guns blazing” but he ought to be devoting more effort on governance, says Rappler co-founder and managing editor Glenda M. Gloria. Gloria, who has been announced as a keynote speaker for the Asian Congress for Media ... <a title="Rappler co-founder questions ‘guns blazing’ legal attack on top network" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/02/19/rappler-co-founder-questions-guns-blazing-legal-attack-on-top-network/" aria-label="Read more about Rappler co-founder questions ‘guns blazing’ legal attack on top network">Read more</a>
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February 18, 2020
By Felipe F. Salvosa II in Manila Solicitor-General Jose Calida asked the Supreme Court today to issue a gag order against ABS-CBN, claiming the Philippines’ largest television network was engaging in “propaganda” to sway the justices in the quo warranto case seeking to void its franchise. Calida filed the “very urgent” motion a week after ... <a title="Philippine Solicitor-General seeks gag order against top TV channel" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/02/18/philippine-solicitor-general-seeks-gag-order-against-top-tv-channel/" aria-label="Read more about Philippine Solicitor-General seeks gag order against top TV channel">Read more</a>
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February 11, 2020
Solicitor-General Jose Calida has shocked media freedom defenders by filing a petition against the television network giant ABS-CBN barely a month before its franchise expires on March 31. Video: Rappler By Felipe F. Salvosa II in Manila The top lawyer of the Philippine government has asked the Supreme Court to void the legislative franchise of ... <a title="Duterte top state lawyer asks Supreme Court to shut ‘abusive’ media network" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/02/11/duterte-top-state-lawyer-asks-supreme-court-to-shut-abusive-media-network/" aria-label="Read more about Duterte top state lawyer asks Supreme Court to shut ‘abusive’ media network">Read more</a>
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February 2, 2020
Report by Dr David Robie – Café Pacific. – President Rodrigo Duterte with the press … his powers to ban Rappler for two years challenged in court. Image: Freeze frame/David Robie By David Robie in Manila Rappler, the innovative online publisher that has been at the media freedom frontline in the Philippines for the past ... <a title="Rappler challenges Duterte’s ‘media powers’ in democracy fight back" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/02/02/rappler-challenges-dutertes-media-powers-in-democracy-fight-back/" aria-label="Read more about Rappler challenges Duterte’s ‘media powers’ in democracy fight back">Read more</a>
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January 23, 2020
By David Robie in Manila Rappler, the innovative online publisher that has been at the media freedom frontline in the Philippines for the past three years, has challenged President Rodrigo Duterte by taking the executive to the Supreme Court. The news website has called on the court to rule on whether President Duterte – or ... <a title="Rappler challenges president’s ‘media powers’ in democracy fight back" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/01/23/rappler-challenges-presidents-media-powers-in-democracy-fight-back/" aria-label="Read more about Rappler challenges president’s ‘media powers’ in democracy fight back">Read more</a>
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August 13, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By A J Brown, Professor of Public Policy & Law, Centre for Governance & Public Policy, Griffith University Never has the case for law reform to properly protect public-interest whistleblowers been so stark. Today, the public hearings into press freedom begin, following the “seismic” raids on media organisations ... <a title="Australia – It’s time whistleblowers had better protection" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/13/from-richard-boyle-and-witness-k-to-media-raids-its-time-whistleblowers-had-better-protection-121555/" aria-label="Read more about Australia – It’s time whistleblowers had better protection">Read more</a>
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July 19, 2019
By Royson Willie in Port Vila Two Vanuatu Daily Post journalists were literally given a pat-down by the police criminal investigation unit yesterday over a story they had written about the vehicle of the Chairman of the Public Service Commission, Martin Mahe, being detained. The story ran in yesterday’s edition of the Daily Post. The ... <a title="Vanuatu police question journalists over ‘detained’ vehicle story" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/19/vanuatu-police-question-journalists-over-detained-vehicle-story/" aria-label="Read more about Vanuatu police question journalists over ‘detained’ vehicle story">Read more</a>
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July 9, 2019
Maria Ressa and the Philippines “war on truth”. Video: Al Jazeera’s Witness Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk International human rights lawyers Amal Clooney and Caoilfhionn Gallagher QC will lead a legal team representing Maria Ressa, the award-winning Philippines journalist, editor and publisher who has been repeatedly arrested this year on charges that critics say are designed ... <a title="Rights lawyer Amal Clooney to represent journalist Maria Ressa" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/09/rights-lawyer-amal-clooney-to-represent-journalist-maria-ressa/" aria-label="Read more about Rights lawyer Amal Clooney to represent journalist Maria Ressa">Read more</a>
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July 3, 2019
By Tempo Timor in Dili Proposals to make defamation a crime in Timor-Leste have sparked public debate about a controversial law that could see people jailed for their opinions on popular platforms like Facebook. Supporters of criminalising defamation argue that the growing instances of leaders being cursed and abused on Facebook – with more than ... <a title="Timor-Leste free speech, criminal defamation and protecting Maun Bo’ot (‘Big Brother’)" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/03/timor-leste-free-speech-criminal-defamation-and-protecting-maun-boot-big-brother/" aria-label="Read more about Timor-Leste free speech, criminal defamation and protecting Maun Bo’ot (‘Big Brother’)">Read more</a>
