Three media NGOs submit memorandum to KKMM on press freedom 03 May 2021 / 15:34 H.
PUTRAJAYA: Three media non-governmental organisations (NGOs) the Centre for Independent Journalism (CIJ), Gerakan Media Merdeka and National Union of Journalists (NUJ) Peninsular Malaysia, today handed over a memorandum to Communications and Multimedia (KKMM) Minister Datuk Saifuddin Abdullah calling for the government to continue to ensure freedom of the press.
NUJ president Farah Marshita Abdul Patah (
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“We hope the government promotes press freedom and creates an environment that allows the media to function freely,“ she said when met after the handover, here, today.
THE National Union of Journalists (NUJ) vowed to renew efforts to defend media workers on World Press Freedom Day today.
The union warned that the Covid-19 pandemic has had a massive impact on journalists globally the Press Emblem Campaign has estimated that more than 1,000 media workers have died with the virus.
Assaults and death threats against journalists have also become increasingly common over the last year, the NUJ said.
The union condemned the Tory government’s new Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill as a “substantial threat” to public interest journalism, and hit out at brutal crackdowns on journalists in Turkey, Myanmar and elsewhere.
03 May 2021 / 09:00 H. Sunpix
This article is in conjunction with World Press Freedom Day which is observed on May 3 every year.
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s placing in the recently released 2021 World Press Freedom Index compiled by Reporters Without Borders (RSF) fell to 119 from 101 in 2020.
The World Press Freedom Index, published every year since 2002, provides a ranking and analysis of media rights in over 180 countries worldwide.
RSF had reportedly said that among the factors that led to the steep drop in Malaysia’s ranking was the Emergency (Essential Powers) (No 2) Ordinance 2021 – gazetted by the federal government in March to criminalise the circulation of fake news – which it claimed may “allow the government to impose its own version of the truth”.
Media advocacy groups want oppressive laws reviewed
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Several media advocacy groups have demanded that Putrajaya reviews the existing laws that are being used to silence the media.
This is one of the six matters raised in a joint memorandum by Centre for Independent Journalism, Malaysia (CIJ), National Union of Journalists (NUJ) and Gerakan Media Merdeka (Geramm) in conjunction with World Press Freedom Day today.
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File photo of Ram Naresh Tripathi with PM Narendra Modi
Prayagraj: Veteran journalist of Prayagraj, Ram Naresh Tripathi, passed away at Nazareth Hospital on Monday evening. Tripathi was 73 years old.
His son Shashank Tripathi informed, “My father was suffering with Covid and was admitted to Swarooprani Nehru Hospital. He was shifted to Nazareth Hospital on April 27 where he breathed his last on Monday evening.”
UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya expressed deep condolences on the death of Dr Tripathi.
“It is very shocking news for me as we have lost an iconic figure, well versed in Vedic culture, astrology, Sanskrit and journalism. It is a personal loss for me,” said deputy CM Keshav Prasad Maurya, who offered his deep condolences to the bereaved family.