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May 7, 2020
Pacific Media Watch Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has urged the Philippine authorities to appoint a special independent team to investigate yesterday’s “shocking murder” of an investigative radio journalist with a reputation for covering corruption. He was gunned down by two men on a motorcycle in Dumaguete City, the capital of the central province of Negros ... <a title="Popular Philippines radio show host ‘Rex Cornello’ shot dead in ambush" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/07/popular-philippines-radio-show-host-rex-cornello-shot-dead-in-ambush/" aria-label="Read more about Popular Philippines radio show host ‘Rex Cornello’ shot dead in ambush">Read more</a>
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April 2, 2020
Pacific Media Watch Launched by Reporters Without Borders (RSF), “Tracker 19” is a tool made for an unprecedented global crisis. So named in reference not only to Covid-19 but also article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, this project aims to evaluate the pandemic’s impacts on global journalism. It will document state censorship ... <a title="RSF launches coronavirus pandemic media freedom tracker" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/02/rsf-launches-coronavirus-pandemic-media-freedom-tracker/" aria-label="Read more about RSF launches coronavirus pandemic media freedom tracker">Read more</a>
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March 11, 2020
Pacific Media Watch Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has called on Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern’s government to end the “absurd situation” in which Australian investigative journalist Mary Ann Jolley is banned from visiting New Zealand because she was deported from Malaysia in 2015 in connection with her reporting. “I’m basically regarded by New Zealand as a ... <a title="RSF protests over ‘absurd’ ban on Australian journalist visiting NZ" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/11/rsf-protests-over-absurd-ban-on-australian-journalist-visiting-nz/" aria-label="Read more about RSF protests over ‘absurd’ ban on Australian journalist visiting NZ">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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May 9, 2019
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has praised the release of Reuters journalists Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo from a prison in the Yangon suburb of Insein as a victory for press freedom and investigative reporting in Myanmar and throughout the world. The two reporters had spent a total of 511 days ... <a title="RSF hails freedom for Myanmar journalists as investigative victory" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/09/rsf-hails-freedom-for-myanmar-journalists-as-investigative-victory/" aria-label="Read more about RSF hails freedom for Myanmar journalists as investigative victory">Read more</a>
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May 3, 2019
By David Robie, convenor of Pacific Media Watch While Pacific countries have got off rather lightly in a major global media freedom report last month with most named countries apparently “improving”, the reality is that politicians are becoming more intolerant and belligerent towards news media and information “black holes” are growing. The Pacific is at ... <a title="Pacific media freedom and news ‘ black holes’ worsen for World Press Day" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/03/pacific-media-freedom-and-news-black-holes-worsen-for-world-press-day/" aria-label="Read more about Pacific media freedom and news ‘ black holes’ worsen for World Press Day">Read more</a>
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April 24, 2019
Papua New Guinean media … RSF says journalists faced intimidation, direct threats, censorship, prosecution and bribery attempts. Image: EMTV News By RNZ Pacific Democracies across Asia and the Pacific are struggling to resist disinformation and protect press freedoms, according to a new report. Reporters Without Borders released its 2019 index last Thursday showing an increase ... <a title="Asian and Pacific nations struggling over media self-censorship, says RSF" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/24/asian-and-pacific-nations-struggling-over-media-self-censorship-says-rsf/" aria-label="Read more about Asian and Pacific nations struggling over media self-censorship, says RSF">Read more</a>
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