Tag: Press Freedom

A court found Fenster guilty of encouraging resistance to the junta, unlawful association and violating immigration laws on Nov. 12

Danny Fenster, who was arrested as he tried to leave the country in May, was charged under anti-terror and sedition laws

Foreign correspondents in Hong Kong say sources are far less willing to talk to them since the citywide crackdown on public dissent

Orlando Dinoy, a reporter for online outfit Newsline Philippines and anchor for Energy FM radio, was shot inside his home in Bansalan town

"Press freedom is alive and the proof is the Nobel Prize award to Maria Ressa," said presidential spokesman Harry Roque

Banned organizations would include news agencies, newspaper publishing groups, radio or television broadcasters and providers of online news

The bishops stressed the important role that the press play in 'gauging the health of a healthy democratic society'

"I'm not a sole reporter .... My job is to hold up the ceiling, it has been for a while… so that our folks can continue working"

As a journalist, “Ressa has shown herself to be a fearless defender of freedom of expression”

At least 28% of the respondents are undecided, and 25% disagree with the statement in the survey done by SWS