Ever broader restrictions handed down for China’s reporters
Yet another set of rules restricting the work of journalists in China takes the concept of “overbroad” to new heights. According to guidelines made public Tuesday by the official state news agency Xinhua, the new rules cover various “information, materials, and news products that journalists may deal with during their work, including state secrets, commercial…
Thai editor held for four days, accused of violating martial law
Thanapol Eawsakul, editor and founder of Fah Diew Gahn (Same Sky) news magazine, a tri-monthly Thai-language publication, was arrested on July 5, 2014, in a Bangkok café, according to news reports. He was held on a seven-day detention order, the maximum period allowable without a trial under martial law, and released on July 9, 2014.
China puts Tibetan writer and husband under house arrest amid Kerry visit
New York, July 9, 2014–Chinese authorities should immediately release two writers who have been placed under house arrest in Beijing, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. The move comes as China hosts U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry.
United Nations and other official documents
The Report of the High-Level Panel of Eminent Persons on the Post-2015 Development Agenda, Goal 10 Ensure Good Governance and Effective Institutions Free, Independent and Pluralistic Media in the Post-2015 Development Agenda UNESCO Human Rights and Post-2015 Development Agenda, UN Office of the Hugh Commissioner for Human Rights UN Task Team Thematic Think Pieces, UN…
Poverty Eradication and economic development
Poverty eradication depends upon improving economic conditions. Studies have found a relationship between higher levels of press freedom and better performance on the Human Poverty Index and higher gross domestic product (GDP) per capita–perhaps because press freedom supports regulatory quality and helps guarantee an economic system in which rule of law governs. Studies show that…
Evidence
By Courtney C. Radsch/CPJ Advocacy Director The links between press freedom, good governance, and economic development have been established through a decade’s worth of research, as outlined below. Academic and multilateral institutions, including UNESCO, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), and the World Bank, have shown that free, independent, and diverse…
Sustainable Development Goals Backgrounder
Freedom of expression and access to information play a crucial role in good governance, transparency, and accountability–and these in turn are pillars of sustainable development. As the United Nations seeks agreement on a broad set of sustainable development goals (SDGs), there is a growing chorus of experts and organizations calling for the inclusion of good…
Press Freedom for Development
Freedom of expression and access to information play a crucial role in good governance, transparency, and accountability–and these in turn are pillars of sustainable development. As the United Nations sought agreement on a broad set of sustainable development goals (SDGs), there was a growing chorus of experts and organizations calling for the inclusion of good…
In Zimbabwe, journalist detained for covering demonstration
Police detained for several hours a reporter for the independent Daily News on July 3, 2014, local journalists told CPJ. Helen Kadirire was held in Mutoko, a town 143 kilometres (89 miles) east of the capital, Harare, after she started to cover a demonstration by the Mutoko North Development Trust, a local community organization, according…