Harassment against the Philippine press persists during the second year of the Marcos Jr. administration
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Journalists still need to hold the line in 2023 and beyond RSF also cited mainstream media ownership as a pressing issue faced by the Philippine media landscape. RSF attributed the “greater levels of concentration” in the country to the “closer ties between media-owning families and political barons at regional and national levels.”
RSF said the overall press freedom situation in the Asia-Pacific region worsened in 2024, as “dictatorial governments have been tightening their hold” over news and information in their respective states.Afghanistan plunged 26 places in the World Press Freedom Index, and currently ranks 178th following the deaths of three journalists and the detention of at least 25 journalists.
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