Southeast Asian Press Alliance (SEAPA)

A breakdown of the events that are changing the free expression landscape in Asia and the Pacific.

Article 8 of the Timor Leste Press Law clearly protects the work of journalists, and states “The right of journalists to report shall be exercised on the basis of constitutional powers, may not be subjected to interference that threatens their independence and objectivity, freedom of establishment, and freedom of conscience.”

Civil society groups express concern over the potential for overbroad anti-extremism practices to limit free expression

From lethal attacks on the media in Afghanistan and Pakistan, to the case of the missing Hong Kong publishers, to a campaign to block government interference with Australia’s national broadcaster, we present a month of events that are changing the free expression landscape in the region.

Burmese senior reporter Shwe Hmone was fined for unlawful assembly charges filed in July 2015, seven months after an event to mark the first International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists.

After half a century of military rule, there is no official recognition of the public’s right-to-know in Burma. Presently, any individual attempting to access state information receives a response of blunt-denial or even punishment.

IFEX members support the Hungarian Civil Liberties Union’s draft law to decriminalise libel and defamation of public officials

Six years since 58 people, including 32 journalists and media workers, were murdered in the Philippines, IFEX members continue to call for justice.