Danger in the line of duty

Pressing for freedom: People around the world should come together to demand for their right to a free media, especially on this World Press Freedom Day, like the pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong. -EPA

GLOBAL press freedom declined in 2014 to its lowest point in the last 10 years, says US-based non-governmental organisation Freedom House.

As its annual Freedom of the Press report highlights this World Press Freedom Day: “Journalists around the world faced intensified pressure from all sides last year - from governments using security or antiterrorism laws to silence critical voices, militant groups and criminal gangs kidnapping and issuing death threats to intimidate journalists, and media owners manipulating news content for their own interests.”