pressfreedom
The media can “ask questions” but not provoke conflicts or make slanderous remarks, Chief Executive John Lee has said at an awards ceremony for the city’s news industry. The news industry must abide by professional ethics and provide readers with accurate and comprehensive information, as well as pertinent and unbiased reports, Lee said at the Hong Kong News Awards on Friday. He offered the organiser, the Newspaper Society of Hong Kong, his support for “promoting the development of high quality journalism,” and added that Hong Kong’s economy needed the power of the media to spread the news of ...
Hong Kong Free Press
A strange, indeed barely believable, controversy has erupted over a question which appears hardly disputable: whether Hong Kong still enjoys the degree of press freedom that it did before 2020. “Nothing has changed” is the official line pushed by government spokesmen in Beijing, echoed by local Grenville Cross in newspaper pieces. For the opposite view we have Reporters Without Borders (Reporters Sans Frontiéres or RSF if you are subject to Quebec Province language laws) who are the compilers and curators of the relevant international league table, the World Press Freedom Index. The message of...
Hong Kong Free Press
Critics fear it jeopardizes democratic freedoms and EU aspirations, requiring media and NGOs to register if over 20% of funding is foreign. The government argues it combats harmful foreign influence and prevents destabilization. Opposition labels it "the Russian law," akin to Moscow's crackdown on dissent. Mass protests grip the nation, echoing last year's pressure on a similar bill. Renewed demonstrations prompt police clashes with tear gas and water cannons. President Zourabichvili vows veto, but ruling party's majority could override it.
Euronews (English)
This week, we are joined by Olena Abramovych, Brussels correspondent for Ukrainian TV, Ricardo Borges de Castro, analyst in European and global affairs and Polish journalist Dorota Bawolek. Panelists reflect on the big bang enlargement of the European Union that took place 20 years ago when leaders of 10 new countries presented their flags to Pat Cox, then president of the European Parliament. Despite the bumps along the way, the panel agreed it was a success. "Even though you can say that the story has not always be rosy, over the past 20 years it has been a great story", Ricardo Borges de Ca...
Euronews (English)
Ukraine rose from 79th to 61st place in the 2024 World Press Freedom Index published by Reporters Without Borders (RSF) on May 3. The index is determined by five factors, including the given country’s security, legal framework, and economic, political, and socio-cultural contexts. Worldwide, it is the political indicator that has fallen most, creating major challenges for press freedom, according to the organization. "RSF sees a worrying decline in support and respect for media autonomy and an increase in pressure from the state or other political actors," the report read. In Eastern Europe an...
Kyiv Independent (UK)
Ukraine rose from 79th to 61st place in the 2024 World Press Freedom Index published by Reporters Without Borders (RSF) on May 3. The index is determined by five factors, including the given country’s security, legal framework, and economic, political, and socio-cultural contexts. Worldwide, it is the political indicator that has fallen most, creating major challenges for press freedom, according to the organization. "RSF sees a worrying decline in support and respect for media autonomy and an increase in pressure from the state or other political actors," the report read. In Eastern Europe an...
Kyiv Independent
Ukraine rose from 79th to 61st place in the 2024 World Press Freedom Index published by Reporters Without Borders (RSF) on May 3. The index is determined by five factors, including the given country’s security, legal framework, and economic, political, and socio-cultural contexts. Worldwide, it is the political indicator that has fallen most, creating major challenges for press freedom, according to the organization. "RSF sees a worrying decline in support and respect for media autonomy and an increase in pressure from the state or other political actors," the report read. In Eastern Europe an...
Kyiv Independent (CA)
To mark the day on Friday the pressure group Reporters Without Borders (RSF) published a global index detailing the working conditions for journalists in 180 countries. Within the European Union it labels conditions for journalists as "problematic" in Greece, as well as in Romania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Ukraine and Poland. In Serbia and Albania, conditions are labeled as "difficult," indicating a worse state. In Russia, Belarus, and Turkey, the situation is even more severe, categorised as "very serious." According to the report, in Russia "more than 1,500 journalists have fled abroad since the i...
Euronews (English)
Hong Kong Free Press has been shortlisted for the International Press Institute’s (IPI) 2024 Free Media Pioneer award. The list showcases the “power and resilience of the free press,” according to the IPI – a 73-year-old global press freedom organisation with consultative status at the UN, UNESCO and the Council of Europe. “These outstanding organisations from around the globe are meeting the moment by defending press freedom, filling crucial gaps in quality, investigative reporting, or driving media innovation,” the IPI said in an announcement on Thursday. “Amid growing threats to independent...
Hong Kong Free Press
EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has joined the bloc's foreign policy chief in condemning police violence in Georgia that continued after parliament passed a controversial foreign influence transparency law. Writing on X, von der Leyen said: "I am following the situation in Georgia with great concern and condemn the violence on the streets of Tbilisi." "The Georgian people want a European future for their country. Georgia is at a crossroads. It should stay the course on the road to Europe." Dubbed the 'Russian law', the bill requires media and non-commercial organisations to regist...
Euronews (English)
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