Articles by Pacific Freedom Forum (PFF)
Indonesia urged to fulfil promises as deadline looms on Papua press blocks
Indonesia has less than three months to deliver “full and free” press access to Papua provinces, says PFF, warning that
“Jakarta risks global condemnation if it continues to ignore the facts”.
Australia: Free expression detained?
25 IFEX members question Australia’s detention of dissident journalists, cartoonists and actors at Manus Island.
Fiji lifts media ban on three foreign journalists
The lifting of a media ban on three foreign journalists is welcome, says PFF, but Fiji’s plans for accreditation raise new concerns.
Canada must prioritise free expression rights in relationship with China
IFEX members call on Prime Minister Trudeau to put human rights, especially free expression and press freedom, at the heart of the Canada-China relationship.
Regional journalists call for job safety for PNG media
Following a machete attack on two journalists, Papua New Guinea media bosses were urged to provide more security and insurance to protect their staff.
New cybercrime law is fundamentally flawed
IFEX members protest the impact on free expression of the overly broad bill, adopted on 12 August.
Compassionate release called for in case of Bangladeshi journalist Shafik Rehman
Civil society groups have written an open letter urging medical discharge from prison for distinguished Bangladeshi journalist Shafik Rehman .
Asia Pacific round-up: Kem Ley, Kashmir ban and Pakistan’s law
Murders, media bans and surveillance laws put growing pressures on civil society in Asia.