NUJP: Red tag on media group an assault to press freedom

Credit to Author: acerojano| Date: Thu, 27 Dec 2018 09:52:11 +0000

NUJP: Red tag on media group an assault to press freedom

The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP) on Wednesday slammed a statement made by a certain Mario Ludades, tagging the media group as “legal front” of communists.

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Nicaraguan authorities raid, shut down critical TV station

Credit to Author: clopez| Date: Sat, 22 Dec 2018 11:20:36 +0000

Nicaraguan authorities have raided offices of a critical TV station and shut it down, a week after raiding NGOs offices and a newspaper.

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‘Thumbs up’ pics for Myanmar Reuters reporters as they mark year in jail

Credit to Author: jespinosa| Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2018 08:42:29 +0000

Reuters journalist Wa Lone (front) followed by Kyaw Soe Oo (C-back) arrive in court in Yangon on August 27, 2018 to face verdict after months of trial since they were detained on December 12, 2017. - A Myanmar court postponed ruling on August 27 whether two Reuters journalists, Myanmar nationals Wa Lone, 32, and Kyaw Soe Oo, 28 violated a state secrets law while reporting on the Rohingya crisis, a judge said, with a new date set for next week. (Photo by YE AUNG THU / AFP)

Messages of solidarity poured in from around the world on the one-year anniversary of the arrest of two Myanmar Reuters journalists.

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Don’t politicize case vs Rappler, Palace tells UN rapporteur

Credit to Author: hniitsu| Date: Sun, 09 Dec 2018 04:28:35 +0000

Malacañang criticized the call of a United Nations (UN) rapporteur for the government to drop the tax evasion charges against Rappler, adding that it is “assaulting the sovereignty of our country.”

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Hontiveros hits Duterte admin’s attempt to ‘muzzle media into fear’

Hontiveros hits Duterte admin’s attempt to ‘muzzle media into fear’

Senator Risa Hontiveros thinks the arrest order versus Rappler’s Maria Ressa was the Duterte admin’s attempt to “muzzle the media into fear.”

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China reaches out to US over demand for media registration

China reaches out to US over demand for media registration

China has reached out to the US over reports that the Department of Justice has ordered two top Chinese state-run news outlets to register as foreign agents, a spokesman said Wednesday, adding that Beijing opposed “politicizing” the role of the media.

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