CPJ warns Trump restrictions encourage authoritarian regimes
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Sabcnews
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) warns that media restrictions imposed by the Trump administration risk encouraging authoritarian governments around the world. Its Americas director, José Zamora, told SABC News that legal pressure, access barriers and immigration measures targeting journalists are among the measures of concern.
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), an international press freedom organisation based in New York, believes that restrictions imposed on the media by the Donald Trump administration encourage authoritarian governments around the world. José Zamora, the CPJ’s Americas director, gave the warning to SABC News as South Africa commemorated Black Wednesday, according to the South African broadcaster.
José Zamora said restrictions on access, legal pressure and immigration measures targeting journalists make independent reporting more dangerous and costly. The consequences go beyond newsrooms, he said: they weaken the public’s ability to expose abuses and hold those in power to account.
Black Wednesday commemorates the suppression of the press under apartheid in South Africa. In his interview, Zamora also referred to measures taken since Donald Trump’s first term, without SABC News detailing them.
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