Journalists allowed in to troubled migrant detention center

Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2019 23:15:23 +0000

Journalists allowed in to troubled migrant detention center

CLINT, Texas (AP) – U.S. officials opened a Texas Border Patrol facility to journalists on Wednesday, offering a first inside glimpse of the station since migrant children reported living there in squalid conditions with inadequate food, water and sanitation.

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Australia media demand press freedom law reforms after raids

Credit to Author: eestopace| Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2019 09:44:17 +0000

Australia media demand press freedom law reforms after raids

Australia’s three largest media organizations joined forces on Wednesday to demand legal reforms that would prevent journalists from risking imprisonment for doing their jobs.

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Myanmar frees soldiers jailed for Rohingya massacre

Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Tue, 28 May 2019 09:01:22 +0000

Myanmar frees soldiers jailed for Rohingya massacre

YANGON, Myanmar – Seven soldiers jailed for killing a group of Rohingya Muslims have been freed from a Myanmar jail despite serving less time than two reporters imprisoned for exposing the massacre.

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Keeping count, media groups cite new threats to journalists

Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Fri, 03 May 2019 23:20:30 +0000

Keeping count, media groups cite new threats to journalists

The “attacks” have come in ways old and new—and they’re keeping count.

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‘Journos should hold power to account, uphold democracy at all times’ — Focap

Credit to Author: mfrialde| Date: Fri, 03 May 2019 00:51:17 +0000

Journalists have a critical duty to “hold power to account” and “uphold democracy at all times, no matter how difficult,” Focap said.

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Palace to CPJ: Rappler, Ressa cases not press freedom issues

Credit to Author: Alexander Magno| Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2019 15:38:59 +0000

Neither online media outfit Rappler nor its chief executive officer, Maria Ressa, reflects the condition of media in the Philippines, Malacañang said Tuesday as it slammed the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) for expressing alarm on the state of press freedom in the country.

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21 policemen tasked to ensure safety of journalists

Credit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2019 11:37:49 +0000

THE Philippine National Police-Police Security and Protection Group (PNP-PSPG) on Wednesday announced that it was deploying 21 personnel to the Presidential Task Force on Media Security (PTFMS) to ensure the…READ

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