Articles by Pacific Freedom Forum (PFF)
Journalist detained overnight, questioned over story posted on news website
Richard Naidu ran a story stating Fiji’s military police head, Esala Teleni, had been suspended.
Media freedom threatened as elections loom
The communications minister’s mention of plans to legislate print media controls “must be fully exposed and debated in a free and open media environment,” says PFF.
New controls over media industry and journalists deepen loss of free speech, says PFF
A new media decree legislates registration of all media outlets with a regime-endorsed “authority” given sweeping powers to protect the national and public interests.
Thirty IFEX members and 38 other organisations call on government to stop politically-motivated prosecutions of journalists
Independent journalists, including Taoufik Bouachrine and Ali Amar, are increasingly being targeted by the authorities.
Thirty-one IFEX members call on Philippine leadership to champion Freedom of Information Act
IFEX members have joined SEAPA in urging the president to sign the FOI Act into law before the current administration leaves office.
Twenty-three IFEX members denounce censorship and escalating threats to free expression in Ukraine
Research conducted by IMI shows a drastic decline in the state of freedom of expression in Ukraine since President Victor Yanukovych came to power in February 2010.
Twenty-six IFEX members join the Pakistani Federal Union of Journalists in condemning suicide bombings
The organisations appeal to the leaders of the Taliban, to the jihadist movements and to Al-Qaeda in Pakistan to put a stop to all further suicide bombings in public gatherings.
PFF welcomes regime lifting of media ban, calls for open dialogue
“Fiji Times” and Fiji TV had previously been banned from participating in discussions over a proposed media decree.