CPJ, Southeast Asian lawmakers call on ASEAN to protect journalists, media freedom - Committee to Protect Journalists

CPJ, Southeast Asian lawmakers call on ASEAN to protect journalists, media freedom - Committee to Protect Journalists

The Committee to Protect Journalists and a group of Southeast Asian lawmakers have called for the “active engagement” of the regional bloc ASEAN in protecting press freedom and the formation of an inter-parliamentary alliance to safeguard media rights in the region, which includes some of the worst offenders of press freedom. As governments escalate efforts to intimidate reporters and control narratives, journalism — and democracy itself — is un…