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Journos accuse Thai gov’t of crackdown on freedom
Thu, 29 July 2021
Thailand s six key media organisations are demanding that the government stop controlling people’s freedom of speech under the authority of an emergency decree.
The demand was made in a joint statement issued on July 28 after Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha announced via Facebook on July 27 that serious steps would be taken to deal with “fake news”.
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Six leading Thai professional media associations, in a joint statement Wednesday, condemned what they said was an official assault on the public’s right to accurate information as well as free speech during a pandemic.
The associations urged journalists to call on Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-o-cha to stop threatening to sue news organizations that disseminate what he described as fake or distorted reports about the government’s handling of the COVID-19 crisis.
“We call upon all professionals in the media and news agencies to stand in unison and oppose the government’s new measures,” the groups said.