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Freedom of the Press 2016: New Zealand
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Freedom of the Press 2015: New Zealand
Ranked 26th in annual global media freedom report
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World Press Freedom Index 2014: New Zealand
Ranked 9th in annual press freedom index
The chief justice's decision followed an application filed by the opposition
Democratic Alliance Party, seeking a judgment on the Electoral Amendment
Act. They believed it breached fundamental human rights and freedoms
protected by the constitution.
On 27 April, Cook Islands Prime Minister Sir Geoffrey Henry issued a media
statement saying that while he does not accept the decision by Chief Justice
Quilliam, he was willing to abide by it.
Henry said he believed that there were many people who earnestly thought
that all the hoopla, costs, tensions and divisiveness created by political
campaigning could be managed, and ought to be managed, rather than the
current free-for-all, un-Cook Islands way of politicking. "I believe that
democracy in its true meaning will survive nonetheless," said Henry.
Cook Islands (population 15,700) is a self-governing country of fifteen
islands, in free association with New Zealand. It already has laws which
severely restrict local media coverage of an offshore finance centre and tax
haven it operates.
Ranked 26th in annual global media freedom report
Ranked 9th in annual press freedom index
members working in this region
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SOUTH ASIA PRESS FREEDOM REPORT 2018-2019
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.
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