Freedom of speech &
expression in Taiwan
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<Freedom House>
( a
Washington-based think tank
& human rights organization
), USA, May 1, 2012
Taiwan was tied with Poland, Slovenia and Trinidad and Tobago for 47th in
Freedom House's 2012 Freedom of the Press rankings,
Among Asia-Pacific countries, Taiwan ranked seventh.
Taiwan received a total score of 25 points, the same as in 2011.
Taiwan scored an 8 for its legal environment (1 point worse than in last year's
survey), a 9 for its political environment (no change), and an 8 for its
economic environment (1 point better than last year).
Other concerns include
the use of criminal defamation laws against a journalist and blogger as well as a
proposed merger that could reduce media diversity."
incidents of news content produced by China's state-run media outlets appearing
in Taiwanese newspapers "under less than transparent conditions."
......
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<Reporters Sans Frontieres> (RSF,
Reporters without Borders), France,
Jan
25, 2012
|
Taiwan's rank on Freedom of Press ( freedom
of Information) : 45th. ps: Taiwan ranked
no. 36 in 2008. |
Press freedom Index : Finland No.1, Norway No.1
New Zealand
No.13, Japan No. 22, Australia No.30, South Korea
No.44,
Taiwan No.45, USA, No.47, HK No.54 US extra territorial No. 57, China
No.174
|
Apple Daily News, Jan. 26, 2012
Taiwan's rank in 2011 : No.47 |
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<the Liberty Times>, Taiwan, April 21, 2012
DDP said Taiwan's
first human rights report released yesterday is full of empty boasts
and obfuscations ... During DDP's administration,
Taiwan's press freedom status went from 35th up to 32nd place, but in KMT time,
the status dropped from 42nd down to 48th place.
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<the China Times>, Taiwan, March 10, 2012
On Mar. 8, 2012, pig farmers
across Taiwan
voiced their opposition to the
government's possible decision to relax import restrictions on beef containing
ractopamine (Paylean drugs) with a protest rally in front of the
Legislative Yuan and the Council of Agriculture (Taiwanese
government) , Taiwanese police arrested
them for their violation of the Assembly and Parade Law,
...... they scolded this had a contempt for
international human rights conventions.
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2011 Human Rights reports <USA
Country Reports on Human Rights practices> , issued
on April 8, 2011
Taiwan's authorities increased their placement of advertisements
packaged as news reports in local newspapers and television.
★
<Freedom
House>, Washington D.C., USA
, the Freedom of the Press
world survey report, issued
on May 2, 2011
|
With an overall score of 25 on the
annual report’s zero to 100 scale,
Taiwan dropped one spot to
48th
from 2010.
Taiwan’s scores
have declined
three years in a row.
|
<Freedom House> 2011 report
May 2, 2011 |
In the Freedom of the Press world survey Washington-based watchdog organization
Freedom House.
Taiwan's press freedom in 2010 was
ranked 47th
among all nations, slipping three
spots compared to 2009.
Taiwan's
rank :
2008 - 32nd ,
2009
-
43rd ,
2010
-
47th ,
2011 - 48th
|
Freedom House, a Washington-based
non-governmental organization that supports the expansion of freedom
around the world. |
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<Freedom
House>, Washington D.C., USA, Jan. 21, 2012
(1) complaints about unfair competition and concerns about
Beijing's interference were present throughout the presidential election
campaign.
(2) some criminal law is kept and
can be used for suing reporters and internet blog writers, may against Taiwan's
press freedom.
(3) Taiwan's overall rating remained the same as last
year 2011 and
the Washington-based group pro-democracy watchdog highlighted
Taiwan's presidential elections in its Freedom. (Liberty Times head-page, Taipei
Times, 1/21/2012)
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<Amnesty International>, London, UK, annual report The State of the
World's Human Rights 2011, May 13, 2011
Taiwan was criticized over issues to
do with the
death penalty,
freedom of expression (The report also criticized Taiwan's government for what it said was its
failure to deliver on promises to amend the Assembly and Parade Act (集會遊行法) that limits citizens' rights to assembly and free speech.),
justice and migrants' rights.
★
<the
Christian Science Monitor
>, USA - Jan
3, 2011
|
For the past two years, Freedom House has downgraded Taiwan's
rating in its annual report on global press freedom. Critics say
it's common for government propaganda to masquerade as 'news.'
|
▼
...many observers say
that the glitter of the island republic’s free press has been
overrated, especially in a highly commercialized news culture
that is both deeply partisan and prey to political favors. For
the past two years Freedom House has downgraded Taiwan’s rating
in its annual report on global press freedom.
▼The placement of advertising as news is only the “tip of the
iceberg,”
▼One example of creeping government influence is the media's
minimization of criticism of government policies and
exaggeration of its achievements, says Guang, who teaches
journalism at National Chung Cheng University.......“Taiwan’s news media are not yet independent,” says Guang.
“Can the public really accept this?”
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reported by
Taiwan's most popular newspaper, Apply Daily, at Jan 5, 2011
|
★ <
Reporters
Without
Borders
>
, Paris France , Oct. 21, 2010
Press Freedom Index (2010):
Taiwan ranks No. 48, other Asia & Pacific
countries like New Zealand (No. 8）,
Japan（No. 11）, Hong Kong（No. 34）, South Korea（No. 42）.
Top 5 are Finland, Iceland, Holland, Norway,
and Sweden. USA ranks No. 20, China No. 171.
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<Freedom House> - Washington D.C.
, USA - 2010
Taiwan's press freedom
declined
，...
Taiwan ranked 43th last year, 47th in 2010...
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<Freedom House> - Washington D.C.
, USA - Jan. 13, 2011
the report rated Taiwan's freedom of the media lower than the
previous year, on the basis of a controversy surrounding the country's
Public Television Service (PTS).
The heads of PTS were removed in last September amid concerns about the
independence of publicly-funded media. |
Freedom House 2011 report
Jan 13, 2011 |
Freedom House, a Washington-based
non-governmental organization that supports the expansion of freedom
around the world. |
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<Apple daily news> ,
Taiwan, head-page,
Jan. 19, 2012
Four days after the election, the reporter of
"Taiwan Times," Jiang W.S. (江文兟),
was serious hurt by four masked man, resulting in
his hands and left foot fracture. His articles
in newspaper favored DDP's candidate (邱議瑩) ,
instead of KMT's (鍾).
Reporters group and scholars condemned
violence, and hope the police to clarify the case as
soon as possible, otherwise will harm the freedom of
the press, and will result in a retrogression of
democracy.
★ <Reporters
Without
Borders >
Paris, France, Oct. 1, 2010
Reporters
Without
Borders believes that a
democratic government should take pride in defending the
state-owned media’s independence. Protecting their
independence is essential in order to guarantee a really
democratic political system, one that allows all political
parties and all sectors of society to make their voices
heard.
...We
urge ... to ensure
that PTS's (Taiwan's
Public Television Service) editorial independence
...
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No.1
on Google by Chinese keyword "freedom of
speech(expression) in Taiwan"， test at May 14,
2011Eastern time, No.2 at 1/11/2012
|
No.1 "Taiwan freedom of speech" on English Yahoo, at 10/10/2011;
No.1 "Taiwan freedom of expression" on Google at Jan. 11, 2012 |
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<Taipei Times> ,
Taiwan,
May 1, 2010
Taiwan's press freedom
declines
SELF-CENSORSHIP
Freedom
House cited softening criticism of Ma and China
after the China Times Group was bought by a
businessman with interests in China
Press freedoms in Taiwan have declined for a
second straight year, according to a new report
released by a US-based non-profit watchdog.
..., a revival of
‘embedded marketing’ amidst economic
difficulties resulting from the global financial
crisis, actions by media owners and government
influence over the editorial content of publicly
owned outlets posed challenges for media
independence during the year.”
... a controversy concerning board members
at the Public Television Service (PTS)
and
personnel changes the government made at
state-owned media that “have raised concerns
that their aim is to influence the editorial
content of the nonpartisan outlets.”
... 2009 that
criticism of the government in the Central News
Agency’s [CNA] coverage appeared to have been
markedly toned down since the end of 2008, ... deputy
president and CNA staff reported receiving
editorial directives to alter certain content,”
the report said.
... Tsai Eng-meng
(蔡衍明),... purchased the China Times Group... softening criticism of the Ma
administration, Beijing or improvements in
cross-strait ties. This also raised concerns
over the potential direct or indirect influence
of the Chinese government on free expression in
Taiwan,”...
★
<Apple daily news> ,
Taiwan,
public editorial, Oct. 12, 2011,
"Protect
our speech freedom!"
by professor Cheng, NTU.
Some
financial groups with huge
money & political power are going to involve in mass media circle
...
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<Freedom House/IFEX> - Washington - September 27, 2010
