Journalists faced various forms of press freedom violations while on duty. Nothing gets physical threats, some are experiencing restrictions on the right to education and the economy.
May 3 is World Press Freedom Day. This is the outpouring of journalists from five countries who attended the celebration of World Press Freedom Day or World Press Freedom Day (WPFD) 2016 in Helsinki, Finland, on Tuesday (03/05/2016).
Dennis Joe Msacky, Tanzania (Africa)
"Our newspaper was closed for three weeks for exposing government salaries," said Dennis, Managing Editor of the second largest newspaper in Tanzania, Tanzania Newspaper.
The incident happened about three years ago. The journalist has not been hurt and their sites are not closed, but the government is using the law to close the media.
The reporters also formerly Tanzania can directly report the debate in parliament. "But now, says the government should not direct coverage. So the MPs own discussion and people do not know what happened," said Dennis.
"The government banned live coverage because it makes people believe that change can happen," said Dennis.
Selma I. T. C. Marivate, Mozambique (Africa)
In Mozambique, the problem is the government views the action as a criticism of journalists and make them ashamed.
"But the biggest challenge is education. Because most journalists did not have a chance to go to college, so they lack the ability as an understanding of issues of economic and political," said the reporter STV.
According to Selma, a lot of news about corruption unpublished mass media because journalists do not know how to interpret that information and they do not know how to dig up news of corruption.
"Another problem is that we do not have a lot of female journalists, but we had a lot of gender issues, such as girls who should be the school but did not go to school because they marry early, and they had many children without the proper education and a safe home, so it causes poverty in our country, "he said.
Azer Mnasri, Tunisia (Africa)
Azer, a freelance journalist, frequently investigates terrorists, covering the Tunisian towards Syria, recorded with a hidden camera and take the same route from Tunisia to Turkey and down to the town on the border with Syria.
"When I return to Tunisia, I was threatened via Twitter, but fortunately does not happen and the police asked me to get information in order to ensure my safety," says Azer.
"Since the revolution, the situation is so sensitive to the specific situation, usually when discussing terrorism, there are limits because you do not need to preach all you see because if there is a terrorist attack or a police investigation of a terrorist, you have no right to preach it all," he said.
You do not need to tell you all the secrets because you have to help the police to keep the amount of information that the police could conduct investigations and their activities.
Journalists are usually smart enough to know what must be reported and what should be kept so that the police could investigate.
"Because of this very sensitive in my country," said Azer.
So, journalists must be sensitive to what should be said and what should not be reported, but overall freedom of expression there after the revolution. "It's just a matter of sensitivity," says Azer.
Kotkamaa Hilkka, Finland (Europe)
"When I worked for a media company, they determine what should I do. Even though most of the news I liput is the usual story, not news," says Hilkka.
Normally, she enjoyed the freedom of the press, particularly because its coverage is usually about the culture and literature, but when he made a serious news, the company he works can arrange that. However, there was no pressure from the government.
"Sometimes I'm upset because my articles are too long and they cut it to make it shorter, but they do not do so for political reasons," says Hilkka.
Bekti Nugroho, Indonesia
In 1994, the weekly magazine "Editor", workplace Bekti, along with a number of other media write about the former German warships imported President Habibie.
"Habibie, the Indonesian president at the time, did not like the news," said Nugroho. Magazine Editor banned, and is permanently closed.
However, since Indonesia has the Press Law, the media enjoys freedom of speech.
On the other hand, there is a law that states journalists can be jailed, although the Press Council has signed a memorandum of understanding with the police to protect the freedom of the press.
"If someone wants to file a case dealing with the press to the police, the police have to ask in advance to the Press Council to evaluate whether it was a case of the press or a criminal case," he said.
Violations of press freedom now comes also from the owners of the media, which is largely a politician and businessman.
"(Restrictions on the freedom of the press) now comes from within. The first is from the owner because many media owners are involved in a political party," said Bekti.
Another threat comes from the economic front, according to the man who was to be part of the Press Council, as the media industry is more concerned with financial gain rather than idealism.
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