Tag: Freedom of Expression / Information / Speech
Vietnam Bars Bloggers From Attending U.S. Congressional Briefing
Three Vietnamese bloggers have been barred from traveling to testify at a U.S. congressional briefing in Washington next week and attend a series of events to mark World Press Freedom Day, rights groups say, criticizing the authoritarian government in Hanoi for attempting to curtail a vibrant netizen movement in...
STOP POLITICIZING: Cuepacs chief lambasted for May Day rally THREAT
JITRA - As Cuepacs president Azih Muda spoke of possible action against civil servants involved in the anti-Goods and Services Tax (GST) rally at Dataran Merdeka in Kuala Lumpur today, a former senior government servant lambasted him for making such a threat.
To Azih's statement that they...
Media freedom for better future
World Press Freedom Day, observed each year on May 3 around the globe, including in the Philippines, celebrates press freedom as a basic human right of every individual and remembers the journalists who perished in exercise of their profession. The 21st World Press Freedom Day on May 3, 2014...
Press freedom a fundamental human rights
Press freedom is threatened as much by authoritarian regimes closing down newspapers and detaining reporters, as by media practitioners who abuse their power by publishing lies and refusing to respect the principle of a right of reply.
Press freedom is a fundamental human rights enshrined in Article 19 of the...
Press freedom a fundamental human rights
Press freedom is threatened as much by authoritarian regimes closing down newspapers and detaining reporters, as by media practitioners who abuse their power by publishing lies and refusing to respect the principle of a right of reply.
Press freedom is a fundamental human rights enshrined in Article 19 of the...
[Thailand] Divided media, divided country
Thai politics saw a period of the calm in the first three quarters of 2013 before instability began in October when Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra and members of the ruling Pheu Thai Party tried to legislate a number of bills that were strongly rejected by the opposition. This triggered...
Vietnam: Arrests of Internet Activists Escalate
(Bangkok) – Vietnamese authorities should drop all charges and immediately release bloggers Nguyen Huu Vinh (also known as Ba Sam) and Nguyen Thi Minh Thuy, Human Rights Watch said today. The two were arrested on May 5, 2014, for publishing articles on the Internet, and charged under article 258...
Bystander savagely beaten
A peaceful rally near a heavily barricaded Freedom Park this morning was attacked by security forces wielding sticks and electric batons as protesters gathered to mark International Labour Day.
At least one bystander was badly beaten and several others received minor injuries as security forces, seemingly at random, picked out...
Human rights lawyer complains harassment vs military
MANILA, Philippines—A human rights lawyer filed with the Court of Appeals a petition for writs of habeas data and amparo upon receiving information that the military has put her under surveillance and labelled her as a “red lawyer” for representing political prisoners suspected to be members of the New...
Media Experts Fear Online Restrictions in Vietnam, Cambodia
PHNOM PENH — Media experts warn that Vietnam continues to restrict social media, and Cambodia could be following suit.
At a forum in Washington to mark World Press Freedom Day on May 3, panelists said online and traditional media activities have been restricted by Vietnamese authorities.
The forum, called...
