π·ππππ π·πππ, πΆππππππ 1, 2024 β We, the undersigned communities, media organisations and civil society groups, are calling for the immediate release of Cambodian journalist Mech Dara who was charged with incitement and sent to pretrial detention by the Phnom Penh Capital Court on October 1, 2024.
Systematic violence was experienced by journalists in Indonesia while covering the demonstration against the revision of the Regional Head Elections Law (RUU Pilkada/Pilkada Law) at the Indonesian Parliament (DPR RI) building in Jakarta on Thursday, August 22, 2024.<
We, the undersigned media organisations, stand in solidarity with Malaysia's online portal Malaysiakini and the three journalists currently under police investigation over a news article that cited an anonymous police source.
As a consortium of Southeast Asian press organizations committed to defending journalistic freedom in the region, we are deeply concerned by the recent development in Thailand which saw a journalist from Prachatai, our partner organization in Thailand, arrested and charged with a criminal offense.Β
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