The silencing and censoring of the media will only fuel misinformation and foster conditions for abuse, mistreatment and corruption.
The silencing and censoring of the media will only fuel misinformation and foster conditions for abuse, mistreatment and corruption.
I had all of one nanosecond to savor the news before we had to move on to other problems.
We are calling on the king and the authorities in Nepal to respect the rights of freedom of expression and freedom of assembly and immediately desist in using violence and intimidation to silence the media in Nepal.
It is essential that the role of journalists and the media is respected as independent from the conflict.
Without a free and independent media, true democracy is unattainable.
Freedom of the press is a pre-requisite for the peaceful resolution of conflict, and restricting the media from carrying out its professional activities can only lead to more suspicion and misinformation.
Intimidation of journalists such as the searching of a newspaper office is an attempt at intimidating the media against a pro Tamil nationalism editorial stance.
An independent and free media is essential to ensure democracy.
While this decision sets an important precedent in the trying of defamation cases, it is only the beginning. In order for journalists to be protected from serving jail time, the decision to use the Press Law and not the penal code when involving the media must be used by all Indonesian courts.
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