Continuing on the path of progress

MEAA formally complains about treatment of Manus journalist

MEAA has written to the PNG and Australian prime ministers to formally complain about the singling out and specific targeting of journalist Behrouz Boochani.

Boochani arrest is an attack on press freedom

MEAA stands in solidarity with Iranian-Kurdish journalist and regular contributor to Australian publications, Behrouz Boochani, who has reportedly been arrested today on Manus Island.

MEAA Chief Executive Paul Murphy said Boochani appeared to have been deliberately targeted by Papua New Guinea police in today’s crackdown because of his high-profile as a journalist reporting from inside the detention centre.

“Behrouz has been one ...

UN convention to protect journalists

On November 23 2009, on a hilltop in Mindanao in the southern Philippines, 58 people including 32 journalists were murdered in the Ampatuan Massacre.

Tragic death sparks safety review

The death of stunt performer Johann ‘Yogi’ Ofner brought the industry together to commence a review of safety in the screen industry.