"This report documents attacks against journalists and the offices and facilities of media<NZ>outlets since the 2011 uprising, including threats, assaults, kidnappings, and killings and<NZ>addresses the failure of the government to protect journalists and the media, and hold<NZ>perpetrators of attacks on them accountable. Human Rights Watch is not aware of a single<NZ>instance in which officials prosecuted a perpetrator of an attack against a journalist or<NZ>media outlet since 2011. The report also documents criminal prosecutions of journalists for<NZ>defamation and libel, on the basis of problematic laws that continue to unduly restrict<NZ>freedom of expression." (Summary)