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- Asia Pacific, China, Hong Kong, Jimmy Lai, Media, Newspapers, Newspapers & magazines, Press freedom, World news
Hong Kong’s once-vibrant press stays silent or celebrates Jimmy Lai’s 20-year jail sentence
Lack of response shows security law and harassment by authorities have muzzled ‘critical voices’, say expertsT…
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Jimmy Lai, Hong Kong pro-democracy figure, sentenced to 20 years in prison
Family of media tycoon say he will ‘die a martyr behind bars’ amid widespread criticism from press freedom gro…
- Bangladesh, Censorship, Global development, Media, Muhammad Yunus, Newspapers, Newspapers & magazines, Press freedom, Protest, Sheikh Hasina, South and Central Asia, World news
How hope is fading: the mobs bringing violence back to the streets of Bangladesh
As crowds attack newspaper offices and violence has killed 184 people, the optimism around Sheikh Hasina’s ove…
- Asia Pacific, Australia news, China, Hong Kong, Human rights, Jimmy Lai, Keir Starmer, Media, Politics, Press freedom, Taiwan, UK news, World news, Yvette Cooper
Governments and rights groups condemn conviction of Hong Kong activist Jimmy Lai
UK, EU and Australia say guilty verdict against 78-year-old is further blow to democracy and press freedom in …
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Hong Kong media tycoon convicted – as it happened
This blog is now closedJimmy Lai verdict: Hong Kong pro-democracy figure convicted of national security offenc…
- Asia Pacific, China, Hong Kong, Jimmy Lai, Journalist safety, Media, Newspapers, Newspapers & magazines, Press freedom, World news
Hong Kong: Jimmy Lai facing life in prison after conviction on security charges
Rights groups dismiss ‘sham conviction’ of media tycoon on national security offences in city’s most closely w…
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Australian living in Thailand faces trial over alleged criminal defamation of Malaysian government
Murray Hunter charged with offence which carries a potential penalty of two years in jail, or a 200,000 baht (…
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Beijing court to rule in appeal of jailed Chinese journalist Dong Yuyu
Detention of Dong on espionage charges has been criticised by human rights and press freedom organisationsA co…
- Artificial intelligence (AI), Bollywood, Computing, Deepfake, Digital media, Global development, India, Instagram, Life and style, Media, Social media, Society, South and Central Asia, Technology, Women, Women's rights and gender equality, World news
‘The chilling effect’: how fear of ‘nudify’ apps and AI deepfakes is keeping Indian women off the internet
Widespread adoption of artificial intelligence has been accompanied by new ways to harass women onlineGaatha S…
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BBC journalist barred from leaving Vietnam and interrogated repeatedly
BBC ‘deeply concerned’ for journalist’s wellbeing after Vietnamese police withhold their ID card and passportV…
- Asia Pacific, Blogging, China, Digital media, Donald Trump, Hong Kong, Media, Newspapers & magazines, Technology, US news, US politics, World news, Xi Jinping, YouTube
‘Americans are democracy’s equivalent of second-generation wealth’: a Chinese journalist on the US under Trump
Once a stalwart of Hong Kong’s journalism scene, Wang Jian has found a new audience on YouTube, dissecting glo…
- Asia Pacific, Blogging, China, Digital media, Donald Trump, Hong Kong, Media, Newspapers & magazines, Technology, US news, US politics, World news, Xi Jinping, YouTube
‘Americans are democracy’s equivalent of second-generation wealth’: a Chinese journalist on the US under Trump
Once a stalwart of Hong Kong’s journalism scene, Wang Jian has found a new audience on YouTube, dissecting glo…
- Asia Pacific, China, Coronavirus, Journalist safety, Media, Newspapers, Newspapers & magazines, Press freedom, World news
UN and rights groups condemn reported jailing of Wuhan Covid citizen journalist
Zhang Zhan sentenced to four years for second time on charge often used by China to target government criticsT…
- Censorship, Donald Trump, Freedom of speech, Jimmy Kimmel, Jon Stewart, Maria Ressa, Media, Philippines, Trump administration, US news, US politics, World news
Americans are ‘deer in the headlights’ in face of Trump assault on free speech, Maria Ressa tells Jon Stewart
Nobel prize winner says US institutions have collapsed much quicker than expected under the Trump administrati…
- Digital media, Facebook, Instagram, Law, Media, Meta, Nepal, Social media, South and Central Asia, Technology, TikTok, WhatsApp, World news
At least 19 killed in ‘gen Z’ protests against Nepal’s social media ban
Many demonstrators say they are also on the streets over corruption and nepotism they allege is rampant At lea…