Wilfredo Keng withdraws 2nd cyber libel suit against Maria Ressa. Now it’s time for the rest to be dropped too.
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AJF response to the Senate Environment & Communications References Committee: Press Freedom Inquiry
The Federal Government announced 15m in funding for AAP –– a much needed support for the function journalism plays in Australia’s democracy.
We believe the time has come to draw attention to those journalists who maintain the highest standards of their profession.
Poynter query whether media ombudsmen should make a comeback, in order to rebuild public trust.
The AJF joins Reporters Sans Frontiers’ call for the immediate release of independent Vietnamese journalist Pham Doan Trang.
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.