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If the moderate Liberals, now being challenged by independents, are all that has saved the party from climate change denial and populist bigotry, then the party is already in big trouble.

On the occasion of the anniversary of the assassination of the journalist Slavko Curuvija, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) urges officials elected in Serbia’s presidential and parliamentary election to demonstrate strong support for the right to information. In particular, the organisation advocates proactive policy in favour of press freedom, a judicial system that protects journalists, and a legislative and regulatory framework that guarantees media independence.

While today, 11 April, marks 23 years since the assassination of the investigative journalist Slavko Curuvija, the perpetrators are still not convicted. The four accused, one of whom is on the run, will soon be tried on appeal. Emblematic of the impunity of crimes committed against journalists in Serbia, the case of Slavko Curuvija also embodies the threats that his colleagues

ACT-CIS party-list Rep. Rowena Nina Taduran (File photo) MANILA - ACT-CIS party-list Rep. Rowena Nina Taduran recently filed a resolution seeking a congressional investigation on the reported modus operandi of Pangasinan-based newsman Jaime Aquino which involved the filing of fake criminal complaints that has victimized several people including government officials. In House Resolution No. 2521, Taduran called on "the appropriate committee to investigate aid of legislation on the practice o...

Presidential Task Force on Media Security (PTFoMS) executive director, Undersecretary Joel Sy Egco (File photo) MANILA - Presidential Task Force on Media Security (PTFoMS) executive director, Undersecretary Joel Sy Egco on Friday appealed to both the Senate and the House of Representatives to immediately conduct an inquiry, in aid of legislation, on the "criminal enterprise" of a Pangasinan-based newsman, involving the filing of bogus rape charges. Ego said the scheme has already victi...

EXPELLED. National Press Club (NPC) president Paul Gutierrez announces the expulsion from NPC's roster of members of Jaime Aquino, former provincial correspondent of the Manila Times, during a joint press conference at the NPC Building in Intramuros, Manila on Wednesday (Feb. 16, 2022). Gutierrez said Aquino and his group in Pangasinan have been accused of manufacturing bogus rape cases that led to the incarceration for nine months of Lopez, Quezon councilor Arkie Manuel Yulde. (PNA photo by...

The Media Association of Solomon Islands (MASI) is urging the government to allow the media to do their job freely and independently.

MANILA - The National Press Club of the Philippines, the country's biggest media organization, welcomed the directive of the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) to assign police personnel as focal persons for media security. Based on the DILG memorandum signed by Secretary Eduardo M. Ano, the Philippine National Police is directed to designate a focal person for media security who will receive information and respond to any threats leveled against a media worker or any mem...

On December 23rd, a site called Petition for Palestine was launched, containing the following petition attacking the CBC

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