Poynter query whether media ombudsmen should make a comeback, in order to rebuild public trust.
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The AJF joins Reporters Sans Frontiers’ call for the immediate release of independent Vietnamese journalist Pham Doan Trang, who has been detained for two months and faces up to twenty years in prison on a charge of ‘anti-government propaganda’.
AJF’s Chair Peter Wilkinson is interviewed by The Informer’s George Donikian on the protections the AJF is calling for to support the public’s right to know in our legal code.
The AJF joins The Committee to Protect Journalists’ call for the immediate release of the AP’s Thein Zaw who, arrested in Yangon whilst covering the ongoing conflict in Myanmar, has now been in custody since Saturday 27th February, 2021.
The Myanmar military has continued its crackdown on media workers amid the ongoing conflict, filing ‘criminal mutiny’ charges against independent outlet The Irrawaddy, on March 12.
BBC journalist, Aung Thura, has been detained in Myanmar during the course of his work. Aung joins the growing list of at least 36 media workers who have been arrested since the conflict began.
AJF’s idea for a National Working Group is designed to help maintain the integrity of Australia’s security, while protecting press freedom.
The major events of the last few years have seen a steep rise in the number of journalists’ jailed, murdered, arrested and censored around the world.
The AJF joins The Committee to Protect Journalists’ call for the immediate release of the AP’s Thein Zaw who, arrested in Yangon whilst covering the ongoing conflict in Myanmar, has now been in custody since Saturday 27th February, 2021.
