Comments on: Today is World Press Freedom day http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/newmandala/2007/05/03/today-is-world-press-freedom-day/ New perspectives on mainland Southeast Asia Tue, 24 Nov 2009 04:10:35 +1100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Thailand is now apparently “Partly Free” http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/newmandala/2007/05/03/today-is-world-press-freedom-day/comment-page-1/#comment-324074 Thailand is now apparently “Partly Free” Sun, 03 Feb 2008 04:25:59 +0000 http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/newmandala/2007/05/03/today-is-world-press-freedom-day/#comment-324074 [...] year I highlighted “media freedom” in Southeast Asia using the detailed comparative information provided [...] [...] year I highlighted “media freedom” in Southeast Asia using the detailed comparative information provided [...]

]]> By: nguyen http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/newmandala/2007/05/03/today-is-world-press-freedom-day/comment-page-1/#comment-82513 nguyen Wed, 09 May 2007 01:59:19 +0000 http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/newmandala/2007/05/03/today-is-world-press-freedom-day/#comment-82513 Communist Vietnamese government officials, scholars or journalists visiting Australia should be asked tough questions about the incarceration of journalists like Nguyen Vu Binh, Tran Khai Thanh Thuy who spoke up to defend the poor people of Vietnam and the integrity of the Vietnamese land. Information about these people can be found at PEN International, Amnesty International, Human Rights Wacth Australians should ask questions about the current continuing abuses of human rights in Vietnam and extensive corruption and jailing of human rights advocates in Vietnam by the so-called socialist government which pretended to bring independence and happiness to the Vietnamese people. Communist Vietnamese government officials, scholars or journalists visiting Australia should be asked tough questions about the incarceration of journalists like Nguyen Vu Binh, Tran Khai Thanh Thuy who spoke up to defend the poor people of Vietnam and the integrity of the Vietnamese land. Information about these people can be found at PEN International, Amnesty International, Human Rights Wacth

Australians should ask questions about the current continuing abuses of human rights in Vietnam and extensive corruption and jailing of human rights advocates in Vietnam by the so-called socialist government which pretended to bring independence and happiness to the Vietnamese people.

]]> By: Amateur http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/newmandala/2007/05/03/today-is-world-press-freedom-day/comment-page-1/#comment-82272 Amateur Tue, 08 May 2007 12:29:54 +0000 http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/newmandala/2007/05/03/today-is-world-press-freedom-day/#comment-82272 Self-censorship is a dangerous game. They are justifying those in power and asserting the view that there is a kind of "right" and "wrong" information in the world. Freedom of expression is one of the elementary values necessary for a democratic society, coming first before the institutional democracy. An authoritarian society allowing everyone freedom of speech is an oxymoron. The opposite of it unfortunately still preveils pretty much in this world. Self-censorship is a dangerous game. They are justifying those in power and asserting the view that there is a kind of “right” and “wrong” information in the world. Freedom of expression is one of the elementary values necessary for a democratic society, coming first before the institutional democracy. An authoritarian society allowing everyone freedom of speech is an oxymoron. The opposite of it unfortunately still preveils pretty much in this world.

]]> By: Sawarin http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/newmandala/2007/05/03/today-is-world-press-freedom-day/comment-page-1/#comment-81745 Sawarin Mon, 07 May 2007 03:37:28 +0000 http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/newmandala/2007/05/03/today-is-world-press-freedom-day/#comment-81745 The Thai press sinks at its historical record. Voices of dissent were found and heard during previous dictatorships, now what you currently have is a culture of consensus. Journalists don't even think of their practice as self-censorship, but a form of Thai-rationality or something along that line. Worse is, without being asked, the media people are so keen to please the institutions of power. The Thai press sinks at its historical record. Voices of dissent were found and heard during previous dictatorships, now what you currently have is a culture of consensus. Journalists don’t even think of their practice as self-censorship, but a form of Thai-rationality or something along that line. Worse is, without being asked, the media people are so keen to please the institutions of power.

]]> By: Pig Latin http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/newmandala/2007/05/03/today-is-world-press-freedom-day/comment-page-1/#comment-80658 Pig Latin Sat, 05 May 2007 00:44:41 +0000 http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/newmandala/2007/05/03/today-is-world-press-freedom-day/#comment-80658 To what extent is press freedom a reflection of freedom within a nation? I would argue that the Freedom House ranking is simply an attempt at judging national liberalism. Doesn't this in the end create further polarity because those in a liberalised society become judgmental and less understanding of those who are not in the sense that they are supposedly less <i>free</i>? To what extent is press freedom a reflection of freedom within a nation? I would argue that the Freedom House ranking is simply an attempt at judging national liberalism. Doesn’t this in the end create further polarity because those in a liberalised society become judgmental and less understanding of those who are not in the sense that they are supposedly less free?

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