World Press Freedom Day — the annual event marked on May — is a time of reflection among media professionals.
World Media Freedom Day is marked in SA this year as five organisations go public with their concerns about ongoing threats, surveillance and attacks on journalists doing their jobs, with police and politicians the worst offenders. File photo.World Press Freedom Day — the annual event marked on May 3 to remind governments around the world of the need to respect their commitment to press freedom — is a time of reflection among media professionals.
“All of these are restricting the right to free expression in the country and could potentially limit the right of the public to access information in the public interest. These issues must be properly addressed by the state to prevent a weakening of free expression in the country,” the organisations said in a joint statement.
“Our submission details concerns over a number of issues, notably the physical attacks on and harassment of journalists, online attacks and surveillance of journalists, ‘false news’ and editorial interference at the SABC,” read the statement.
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