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Spotlight: Access to Information Impunity Australia Asia & Pacific

How the public's right to know is being undermined in Australia

How the public's right to know is being undermined in Australia

7 May 2019
Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance

The foreword to the MEAA report into the state of press freedom in Australia in 2019.

Asia & Pacific Highlights
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Access to Information Attacks Free Expression & the Law Asia & Pacific

Truth vs misinformation: The collective push back in South Asia

This statement was originally published on ifj.org on 3 May 2019.

‎ International Federation of Journalists (IFJ)‎ 3 May 2019

Digital Rights Asia & Pacific Gender

Social media blackout, 'Orwellian' anti-fake news bill, and stoning to death for adultery

Opinions about media restrictions after bomb attacks in Sri Lanka, massive protests against Hong Kong's extradition law, defamation and criminal charges for critics of Myanmar's military, Singapore's 'Orwellian' anti-fake news bill, and Brunei's controversial Sharia Law takes effect.

‎ Mong Palatino for IFEX. Based on IFEX member reports ‎ 1 May 2019

Attacks Asia & Pacific Gender

Women's Day marchers attacked, Thai media restricted, and report on media killings in Afghanistan

International Women's day was celebrated across the Asia-Pacific region but women's groups were harassed in Malaysia, Pakistan, and Cambodia. Thai media faced tremendous challenges ahead of the elections, and a new report revealed unabated media killings in Afghanistan.

‎ Mong Palatino for IFEX. Based on IFEX member reports ‎29 March 2019

Latest from Asia & Pacific

Journalists face growing persecution, an impunity win in Indonesia, and much more...

‎ Mong Palatino for IFEX. Based on IFEX member reports

Impunity Digital Rights Asia & Pacific 4 March 2019
Asia-Pacific in January: Cambodia's third UPR, Thailand's 'Twitter storm', and Pakistan's transgender pride march

‎ Mong Palatino for IFEX. Based on IFEX member reports

Digital Rights Asia & Pacific Gender 5 February 2019
Twitter crackdown, defamation surge, electoral attacks, encryption, and transgender bill opposition

‎ Mong Palatino for IFEX. Based on IFEX member reports

Digital Rights Attacks Asia & Pacific Gender 3 January 2019
Asia-Pacific in November: Hong Kong freedom under siege, APEC, Rappler indictment, and same-sex marriage referendum loss in Taiwan

‎ Mong Palatino for IFEX. Based on IFEX member reports

Asia & Pacific 5 December 2018
#MeTooIndia, Mother Mushroom, the disappeared Interpol chief and more

‎ Mong Palatino for IFEX. Based on IFEX member reports

Asia & Pacific 29 October 2018
Outrage over jailed journalists and activists, two big wins for LGBTQI+, and more

‎ Mong Palatino for IFEX. Based on IFEX member reports

Attacks Digital Rights Free Expression & the Law Asia & Pacific Gender 1 October 2018
Freedom and Fury: Tep Vanny, "Fake News" law repealed, LGBTQI portraits removed

‎ Mong Palatino for IFEX

Attacks Asia & Pacific Gender 4 September 2018
Religious freedom declines in Southeast Asia

‎ Southeast Asian Press Alliance (SEAPA)

Attacks Censorship Asia & Pacific 28 August 2018
Cheers and jeers: Tainted elections, Liu Xia's release, and court rulings in the Asia-Pacific

‎ Mong Palatino for IFEX

Attacks Free Expression & the Law Asia & Pacific 31 July 2018
New cybersecurity & terrorism laws erode rights; women fight back; & more media killings: Asia-Pacific

‎ Mong Palatino for IFEX

Digital Rights Asia & Pacific Gender 4 July 2018
Malaysia's election, Afghan attacks, defiant newspapers: Asia-Pacific in May

‎ Mong Palatino for IFEX

Digital Rights Asia & Pacific Gender 4 June 2018
Clampdowns and courage: The challenge for South Asia's media

‎ International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), Federation of Nepali Journalists, Free Media Movement

Impunity Asia & Pacific Gender 9 May 2018
Fake news laws, letters to Facebook, and a decline in press freedom rankings: Asia-Pacific in April

‎ Mong Palatino for IFEX.

Digital Rights Censorship Free Expression & the Law Asia & Pacific Gender 1 May 2018
Women march, an eye-roll breaks the Chinese internet, and worrying new legislation

‎ Mong Palatino for IFEX

Digital Rights Attacks Asia & Pacific Gender 3 April 2018
Protests and a court victory amid state of emergency, constitutional amendments and media attacks: Asia-Pacific in February

‎ Mong Palatino for IFEX

Digital Rights Attacks Free Expression & the Law Asia & Pacific 1 March 2018
Refugee and journalist: Who are the 'infogees' in Oceania?

‎ Pacific Freedom Forum (PFF)

Attacks Free Expression & the Law Asia & Pacific 5 February 2018
Asia-Pacific welcomes the new year – with declining freedom

‎ Mong Palatino for IFEX

Impunity Digital Rights Attacks Censorship Free Expression & the Law Asia & Pacific Gender 2 February 2018
Defiant cartoonists, detained foreign journalists, and 'recalcitrant' activists: December in Asia-Pacific

‎ Mong Palatino for IFEX

Attacks Free Expression & the Law Freedom of Assembly Asia & Pacific 5 January 2018
Blackouts to attacks: South Asia in 2017

‎ Global Voices Advox

Attacks Digital Rights Censorship Asia & Pacific 2 January 2018
Campaign Snapshot: "Byte back" against online harassment of women

‎ Produced in conversation with Alex Hearne in November 2017

Digital Rights Attacks Asia & Pacific Gender 17 December 2017
Ending impunity and defending democracy: November in Asia-Pacific

‎ Mong Palatino for IFEX

International Impunity Attacks Asia & Pacific 4 December 2017
Trump abandons commitment to press freedom abroad

‎ Reporters Without Borders (RSF)

United States Attacks Censorship Asia & Pacific 20 November 2017
Blocked, banned and muzzled: Asia's tough month

‎ Mong Palatino for IFEX

Digital Rights Attacks Asia & Pacific 31 October 2017
Media murders, illegal anonymity & toxic politics: September in Asia/Pacific

‎ Mong Palatino for IFEX

Impunity Digital Rights Asia & Pacific 2 October 2017
Historic court victories on right to privacy in India and LGBTQI+ in South Korea

‎ Mong Palatino for IFEX

Digital Rights Asia & Pacific Gender 30 August 2017
Death in custody of a Nobel laureate, sentencing bloggers, and Pakistan's UN review

‎ Mong Palatino for IFEX

Digital Rights Free Expression & the Law Asia & Pacific 1 August 2017

At a glance

Asia & Pacific

Most covered free expression issues in this region

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TRUTH VS MISINFORMATION: THE COLLECTIVE PUSH BACK

SOUTH ASIA PRESS FREEDOM REPORT 2018-2019

International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) 3 May 2019
The Campaign for Justice: Press Freedom in South Asia 2013-14

Journalism in South Asia is far from an easy profession, as the 12th annual review of journalism in the region "The Campaign for Justice: Press Freedom in South Asia 2013-14" portrays. But this year's report also tells the story of the courage of South Asia's journalists to defend press freedom and to ensure citizens' right to information and freedom of expression in the face of increasing challenges to the profession and personal safety.

International Federation of Journalists 3 May 2014
THE STORIES WOMEN JOURNALISTS TELL: Women in Media in South Asia

The report is the first created by the South Asia Media Solidarity Network (SAMSN) looking specifically at the experience of women journalists in the South Asia sub-region

International Federation of Journalists 13 March 2014

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