24th June 2019
Update | ABC lodge application to set aside warrant
The ABC lodged a court application to set aside the warrant that authorised an Australian Federal Police (AFP) raid and to demand the return of seized files.
6th June 2019
Unprecedented police raid on ABC
Australian Federal Police leave ABC’s Sydney HQ following raid and 8-hour search that has been condemned as a direct attack on media freedom.
5th June 2019
PMA Statement | ABC offices raided by police
The Public Media Alliance is deeply troubled by the recent police raids on the offices of our member the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, in Sydney.
11th June 2019
PSM Weekly | 5-11 June 2019
Our weekly round-up of public service media related stories and headlines from around the world.
7th May 2019
PSM Weekly | 1-7 May 2019
Our weekly round-up of public service media related stories and headlines from around the world.
15th February 2019
Philippines government continues to intimidate and harass news media
Maria Ressa, CEO of the independent newspaper Rappler, has been arrested on charges of “cyber libel” for an article that seems to have violated a law that was not even in place when it was published.
10th January 2019
News1st journalists threatened by protesters
PMA is deeply concerned to hear that a masked protest outside the headquarters of Sri Lankan broadcaster News1st has resulted in the threatening and intimidation of journalists.
19th December 2018
Joint communique from international public service broadcasters on threats to media freedom
Press Release: Directors BBC, ABC and NHK among those who signed joint communique highlighting growing threats to public service broadcasting and expressed concern about ‘troubling attacks‘ on journalists around the world.
14th September 2018
Hope for media freedom in Malaysia?
After years of repressive laws and political interference, can Malaysia’s new government pave the way for media freedom?
23rd July 2018
Silencing the Twitter-Chatter
Legislation to fight ‘fake news’ and cyber-crimes across Sub-Saharan Africa endangers press freedom