Asia Pacific Regional Bulletin - May 2021

IFJ Asia-Pacific Regional Bulletin May, 2021 highlights the release of 19th annual South Asia Press Freedom Report Truth in a Time of Contagion: The Viral Frontline by the IFJ, Status of Asia Pacific region on World Press Freedom Index, launch of Taiwan media rights monitoring website, Media Entertainment and Arts Alliance (MEAA)’s decision to leave the Australian Press Council (APC), Indian Journalists Association’s demand for officially making journalists ‘frontline workers’ , the IFJ and UNESCO’s joint campaign ‘Remember the Dead, Fight for the Living’, media rights violation in the Asia Pacific Region among others.