Different forms of restrictions on press freedoms in the world
Posted: Tue Jan 28, 2025 8:58 am
During the pandemic, specific organizations have developed, responsible for recording attacks on press freedom and alerting public opinion.
RSF launched the Observatory19 last March . Named in reference to Covid-19 and Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, this system assesses the impacts of the pandemic on journalism and provides recommendations to facilitate the exercise of this profession. On a map and with the help of articles, RSF relays the obstacles reported by a network of journalists and correspondents around the world.
In England, there is the Index of Censorship , a non-profit organization that defends freedom of expression around the world and lists the abuses observed. More than 150 restrictions have already been identified, different from those listed by RSF, since the organizations do not have the same emissaries on the ground. Finally, the Reuters Institute for bank data the Study of Journalism at the University of Oxford summarizes five categories of attacks on press freedom linked to the pandemic: emergency legislation, the obligation to be patriotic in reporting, travel restrictions, the abusive use of laws on disinformation and retaliatory measures for whistleblowers.
One of the most widespread attacks is linked to the establishment of a state of emergency legislative system. The latter often allows for censorship of information that is sensitive to the government and leads to a reduction in the freedom of journalists. Pauline Adès-Mevel, editor-in-chief of RSF, explains this “ shock strategy” in a telephone interview with Méta-Media : political leaders are taking advantage of the context of general apathy and the state of shock in which the population finds itself in the face of Covid-19 to impose their views on how journalism should be practiced in their territory. In Cambodia , for example ,
RSF launched the Observatory19 last March . Named in reference to Covid-19 and Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, this system assesses the impacts of the pandemic on journalism and provides recommendations to facilitate the exercise of this profession. On a map and with the help of articles, RSF relays the obstacles reported by a network of journalists and correspondents around the world.
In England, there is the Index of Censorship , a non-profit organization that defends freedom of expression around the world and lists the abuses observed. More than 150 restrictions have already been identified, different from those listed by RSF, since the organizations do not have the same emissaries on the ground. Finally, the Reuters Institute for bank data the Study of Journalism at the University of Oxford summarizes five categories of attacks on press freedom linked to the pandemic: emergency legislation, the obligation to be patriotic in reporting, travel restrictions, the abusive use of laws on disinformation and retaliatory measures for whistleblowers.
One of the most widespread attacks is linked to the establishment of a state of emergency legislative system. The latter often allows for censorship of information that is sensitive to the government and leads to a reduction in the freedom of journalists. Pauline Adès-Mevel, editor-in-chief of RSF, explains this “ shock strategy” in a telephone interview with Méta-Media : political leaders are taking advantage of the context of general apathy and the state of shock in which the population finds itself in the face of Covid-19 to impose their views on how journalism should be practiced in their territory. In Cambodia , for example ,