Media Alert
April 30, 2009
| Source: Mizzima
Burma’s state-run newspaper on 24 April carried an article that says satellite TV which enables people to watch international news and entertainment...
April 27, 2009
| Source: Mizzima
Local weekly journals in Rangoon said they have been prohibited from publishing follow-up news on a murder case in Botahtaung Township. Even though...
April 23, 2009
| Source: CMFR
A Philippine local court issued a new arrest warrant for the suspects, one of them a police officer, in the 2008 killing of radio broadcaster Dennis...
April 21, 2009
| SEAPA
The Southeast Asian Press Alliance (SEAPA) welcomes the landmark ruling of the Indonesian supreme court in favor of “Time Magazine” in a US$106-...
April 20, 2009
| Source: CMFR
A local Philippine court denied on 7 April 2009 the motion to dismiss the murder charges against the alleged masterminds in the 2005 killing of...
April 20, 2009
| SEAPA
Sondhi Limthongkul, founder of Thai media conglomerate ASTV-Manager Daily and a staunch opponent of former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, was...
April 20, 2009
| SEAPA
Thai authorities are going after pro-Thaksin broadcast stations. Police raided three radio stations and a TV station, seizing equipment and arresting...
April 10, 2009
| SEAPA
Three Thai broadcast journalists were attacked in three separate incidents by opposition demonstrators dubbed as the "Red Shirts", during a massive...
April 9, 2009
We, members and partners of the Southeast Asian Press Alliance (SEAPA), are deeply disturbed by the ongoing consideration of draft media laws that...
April 8, 2009
| Source: AJI
The Alliance of Independent Journalists (AJI) of Indonesia issued a call for accessibility and safety of journalists after four Dutch reporters were...
April 8, 2009
| Source: CIJ
The following is a statement from the Centre for Independent Journalism (CIJ), a SEAPA partner based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: CIJ: Fearless...
April 8, 2009
| SEAPA
In a development described by media observers as having a chilling effect on the online community in Thailand, the Criminal Court sentenced a 34-year...
March 25, 2009
| Source: CMFR
As the year 2008 ended, another radio broadcaster in Northern Samar in the Philippines was killed by unknown assailants. The killing of Leo Mila of...
March 25, 2009
| SEAPA
Southeast Asian journalists’ groups have called on Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo to intensify efforts to prosecute the killers of...
March 25, 2009
| SEAPA
The undersigned representatives of media advocacy and journalists’ groups in Cambodia, Malaysia, Indonesia and Thailand, who converged in Manila from...