express opinion and to participate in making decisions that affect their lives in the russian federation china kosovo many other countries i know it reports of threats and intimidation against journalist brokers and civic activist but at the local level with the aim of this courage and criticism of the

express opinion and to participate in making decisions that affect their lives in the russian federation china kosovo many other countries i know of reports of threats and intimidation against journalist brokers and civic activist particularly at the local level with the aim of this courage and criticism of the author of this response is to call it 19. at a time when information can save lives press repression can fuel the pandemic. here's more on the latest developments in a crowded biased pandemic the world health organization has praised the response of countries in asia to the pandemic the director general lauded the continent's perseverance with anti coronavirus measures. preliminary results from a late stage clinical trial in brazil show that an experimental vaccine developed by chinese company cinna back appears to be safe the trials 13000 participants will now to 10 you to be monitored. and media in new zealand say hundreds of fisherman from russia and ukraine are isolating in the city of christchurch after 11 tested positive for the virus new zealand had gone 3 weeks with no community transm

express opinion and to participate in making decisions that affect their lives in the russian federation china kosovo many other countries i know reports of threats and intimidation against journalist brokers and civic activist particularly at the local level with the apparent aim of this courage in criticism of the author this response is to call it 19. at a time when information can save lives press repression can fuel the pandemic. let's bring in said like a reality here he's the east asia bureau head of reporters without borders and joins us from taipei thanks for being with us 1st of all journalists are being attacked by both governments and demonstrators for reporting on the credit buyers has your organization ever documented anything like this scale before. absolutely and in the spirit of pandemic it has never been more fights or for the public to receive accurate in comedy show no matter where there are in the world. it's somehow the truth that's censorship is not only the problem of the countries in where it applies but it's a global problem that democracies have to tackle globally because i

express opinion and to participate in making decisions that affect their lives in the russian federation china kosovo many other countries i know it reports of threats and intimidation against journalists brokers and civic activist but at the local level with the apparent aim of this courage in criticism of the old focus responses to keep it 19. at a time when information can save lives press repression can fuel the pandemic. also find out now how press freedom stared during a pandemic in latin america our correspondent oscar schleicher joins us now in venezuela oscar venezuela still experiencing a protracted political crisis how has the country during the pandemic have there been attempts to control information. well we have seen a rise in rust and detain journalists or confiscate it in quick equipment specially towards the beginning of the pandemic but coronavirus have been as well as many problems were becoming worse here like the humanitarian crisis or a gasoline shortage so while there have been journalists persecuted for covering covert 90 we have also seen cases of journalists detained for cov

express opinion and to participate in making decisions that affect their lives in the russian federation china kosovo many other countries i note reports of threats and intimidation against journalist brokers and civic activist but at the local level with the apparent aim of this courage and criticism of the author of this response is to call it 19. at a time when information can save lives press repression can fuel the pandemic. well as find out now how press freedom stared during the pandemic in latin america our correspondent oscar striker joins us now from caracas venezuela oscar venezuela's still experiencing a protest wracked it political crisis how has the country before during the pandemic have there been attempts to control information. well we have seen a rise in rust and detain journalists or confiscate it in quite the equipment especially towards the beginning of the pandemic but coronavirus have been as well as many problems were becoming worse here by the humanitarian crisis or a gasoline shortage so long there have been journalists prosecuted for covering covert 90 we have also seen ca

express opinion and to participate in making decisions that affect their lives in the russian federation china kosovo many other countries by not reports of threats and intimidation against journalist brokers and civic activist but at the local level with the apparent aim of this courage and criticism of the author of this response is to call it 19. at a time when information can save lives press repression can fuel the pandemic. i'm joined now by ali funk a senior research analyst for technology and democracy at the freedom house good to have you with us your freedom on the edge report states that the pandemic is fuelling digital repression worldwide how does that work. hi thank you so much for having me so freedom has found that 2020 was the 10th consecutive year of decline in internet freedom and this is that a time when i've been demick has really accelerated our reliance on digital technologies so what we found is that governments around the world have imposed broader share chance to express and access to information political leaders are using the pandemic to scapegoat ethnic and religious grou

express opinion and to participate in making decisions that affect their lives in the russian federation china kosovo many other countries i know reports of threats and intimidation against journalist brokers and civic activist particularly at the local level with the apparent aim of this courage in criticism of the old for this response is to call it 19. at a time when information can save lives press repression can fuel the pandemic. and let's get more on this we are joined by errol under he is joining us from istanbul a journalist and a representative of reporters without borders in turkey welcome to the program and thank you so much for joining us well as we just heard there there are reports of some governments around the world attacking journalists for reporting on the coronavirus even jailing them what are you seeing. i think the policy in turkey talk to very rightly when some shifting option luckily reporter where. i read that in the 1st line and then they're very meanly covering and trying to raise. about. 90. to the turkish authorities preferred to monaco lies. the day and and the coverage

express opinion and to participate in making decisions that affect their lives in the russian federation china kosovo many other countries i know it reports of threats and intimidation against journalist brokers and civic activist but at the local level with the aim of this courage and criticism of the author this response is to call it 19. at a time when information can save lives press repression can fuel the pandemic. well there have been more fighting in casualties reported in and around the disputed nagorno-karabakh region in the caucasus both sides armenia and azerbaijan have accused each other of targeting civilians in the fighting which began 3 weeks ago our correspondent julie hodder reports tonight from iser by john authorities there say a missile attack by armenian forces killed a dozen people and injured 40 last week. on the ruins of what used to be her life. her neighborhood was destroyed in the missile attack over the weekend. for home is. this is from where the rocket came there were houses everywhere here but they were hit and everything got destroyed. the small sports school to. look

express opinion and to participate in making decisions that affect their lives in the russian federation china kosovo many other countries i know it reports of threats and intimidation against journalists brokers and civic activist but at the local level with the apparent aim of this courage in criticism of their focus responses to cope 19. at a time when information can save lives press repression can fuel the pandemic. is what we want to get the view on press freedom in latin america were to talk to our correspondent oscar slink or he joins me from caracas good evening to you think . that is way low still experiencing a pretty frightening political crisis you know we've talked about that many times how has venezuela performed during the pandemic i mean have there been attempts to control the flow of information about the valuers. well venezuela tends to increase restrictions on the press when prices reach extreme levels and we have seen it happen with the pandemic as well in fact one of the journalists are awarded with d.w. freedom of speech prize was better than some girl has who was arrested for

express opinion and to participate in making decisions that affect their lives in the russian federation china kosovo many other countries i know of reports of threats and intimidation against journalists brokers and civic activist particularly at the local level with the apparent aim of this courage in criticism of the oil for this response is to keep it 19. at a time when information can save lives press repression can fuel the pandemic. and let's get more on this we are joined by errol under he is joining us from istanbul a journalist and a representative of reporters without borders in turkey welcome to the program and thank you so much for joining us well as we just heard there there are reports of some governments around the world attacking journalists for reporting on the coronavirus even jailing them what are you seeing. i think the policy in turkey has started very rightly when some 15 threw a can reporter. arrested in the 1st few months so. they were mainly covering and trying to raise awareness about the. 19. turkish authorities preferred to monaco lies. the day time and the coverage of. t

express opinion and to participate in making decisions that affect their lives in the russian federation china kosovo many other countries i know it reports of threats and intimidation against journalist brokers and civic activist but at the local level with the apparent aim of this courage and criticism of the author this response is to call it 19. at a time when information can save lives press repression can fuel the pandemic. and i'm joined now by ali funk a senior research analyst for technology and democracy at freedom house good to have you with us your freedom on the edge report states that the pandemic is fuelling digital repression worldwide how does that work. hi thank you so much for having me so freedom house found that 2020 was the 10th consecutive year of decline in internet freedom and this is that a time when of in dimmick has really accelerated our reliance on digital technologies so what we found is that governments around the world have imposed broader share chance to expression and access to information political leaders are using the pandemic to scapegoat ethnic and religious gr