Media Alert
August 14, 2008
| SEAPA/AJI
Indonesia's Constitutional Court on August 15 will decide on a petition to abolish Penal Code provisions that criminalise insult and defamation.
August 14, 2008
| SEAPA
A Malaysian High Court has given a popular blogger and web editor until 15 August to reveal the sources for three articles in his blog deemed...
August 13, 2008
| SEAPA/CAPJ
A Cambodian military police captain slapped a journalist after the latter refused to retract his allegation that the officer was conniving to...
August 13, 2008
| SEAPA/CMFR
The Zamboanga City Council recalled on 12 August 2008 a resolution declaring a journalist "persona non grata" following his report on resistance to...
August 13, 2008
| SEAPA/Mizzima News
The Burmese Press Scrutiny Board's delay in reviewing the articles in "Cherry Magazine" forced the Rangoon-based monthly to skip its August issue,...
August 11, 2008
| SEAPA/CMFR
A radio broadcaster died of his wounds on 10 August 2008, five days after he was shot by unknown assailants in General Santos City, South Cotabato...
August 11, 2008
| SEAPA/CIJ
Malaysia-based media watchdog Centre for Independent Journalism (CIJ) protested the recent spate of arrests of bloggers for alleged violation of the...
August 8, 2008
| SEAPA
The Southeast Asian Press Alliance (SEAPA), a coalition of journalist and press freedom advocacy groups from Thailand, Indonesia, and the Philippines...
August 8, 2008
| SEAPA/CMFR
A radio broadcaster was killed on 7 August 2008 by a gunman riding pillion on a motorcycle in Roxas City, Capiz. Capiz is approximately 411 km...
August 7, 2008
| SEAPA
US President George Bush met with exiled Burmese dissidents in Bangkok on August 7 on the eve of the 20th anniversary of the 8888 Uprising in which...
August 7, 2008
| SEAPA/CIJ
Media watchdogs in Malaysia are denouncing the use of force against photojournalists by security personnel of political parties during news events.
August 4, 2008
| SEAPA/TJA
A reporter for a local Thai-language daily and TV station was shot dead inside his own house on August 1 in Nakorn Ratchasima province.
July 30, 2008
| SEAPA
Two leading news organizations of Burmese exiles reported persistent and severe attacks on their respective online servers this past week.
July 29, 2008
| Mizzima News
The Burmese Ministry of Information censored an 80-page article about prominent Burmese journalist Oway U Nyo Mya in Padaukpwinthit' magazine.
July 29, 2008
| Mizzima News
New Delhi — The Burmese website of Mizzima News, a Burmese Independent News Agency based in New Delhi, has come under persistent and severe...