'A very bad precedent': Australia's media treatment under global spotlight

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As Australian Federal Police officers raided the ABC's headquarters in June, Pakistani TV anchor Zarrar Khuhro was watching from his studio in Karachi. "It freaked me out," he says. "It tells you that no one is safe."

In southern Africa, Daniel Sikazwe was preparing for his lecture at the Zambia Institute of Mass Communication. "Not Australia," he thought.

In countries where journalists are routinely jailed, broadcast transmissions are cut off, and state TV broadcasts the will of the government, the images of Australian police officers raiding the offices of journalists over national security concerns embolden dictators and discourage journalists, says Sikazwe. "It is a very bad precedent that Australia has set. Our leaders are very quick to point out what has happened in other countries. Now Australia will be the perfect example."

Read more: https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/a-very-bad-precedent-australia-s-media-treatment-under-global-spotlight-20190926-p52vb1.html

Julia Legner from the German branch of Reporters Without Borders.

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