カテゴリー: Media
Freedom of the press might be included in some constitutions of Pacific countries, but it often only works in theoryI spent five years as the lone journalist on the remote Pacific island of Yap. During that time I was harassed, spat at, threatened with…
Activists say crackdown is driven by Xi Jinping, who has ‘declared a war on independent journalism’Chen Kun was living in Indonesia with his wife and daughter when he learned from his brother Mei’s boss that he had been “taken away for investigation” b…
Independent online news portal to cease operations amid ‘worsening environment for media’ in cityThe Hong Kong independent news outlet Citizen News has said it will cease operations from Tuesday in the face of what it described as a deteriorating media…
It comes as US secretary of state calls for release of Stand News editors, saying ‘journalism is not sedition’A Hong Kong court has denied bail to two former senior editors charged with conspiring to publish seditious materials, a day after police raid…
Analysis: the police raid and closure of the pro-democracy website has left journalists wondering who will be nextThe Christmas attack on Hong Kong website Stand News was no great surprise in a city where all forms of political opposition are being dis…
Reports say editors, board members and pop singer were held in early morning sweep as 200 officers raid officeThe most prominent pro-democracy media outlet still operating in Hong Kong, Stand News, said it will shut down after police raided its offices…
Hu Xijin became leading voice of strident nationalism with millions of social media followersA controversial Chinese state tabloid editor who became a leading critic of the west’s China policy, emerging in the past decade as a prominent voice of stride…
We return to the story of a journalist forced to flee as Afghanistan fell to the Taliban in August. Unable to return home without putting at risk everyone she loves and hounded by threatening calls, she remains in hiding in the country four months onRe…
Soe Naing was arrested in Yangon while taking photos of a ‘silent strike’ protest against military ruleA freelance photojournalist in Myanmar has died in military custody after being arrested last week while covering protests.Soe Naing is the first jou…
I wanted to stay and tell the world what it was like living in a city besieged by extremists, but as my neighbourhood fell I had no choice but to leave. Soon, I was being pushed across the border in a wheelbarrowI have bundles of cash stuffed into my s…
Filipina and Russian attend Oslo ceremony despite legal cases filed against Ressa and are first journalists to win since 1935The journalists Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov received the Nobel peace prize on Friday at a ceremony that Ressa was almost blo…
Reporters Without Borders calls increasing media oppression in China a ‘great leap backwards’ and says Hong Kong journalism is ‘in freefall’Xi Jinping has created a “nightmare” of media oppression worthy of the Mao era, and Hong Kong’s journalism is in…
‘Fahim’ was cleared to leave Kabul. Then the phone went dead. Now he moves house every two days to evade captureWhistleblower condemns Foreign Office over Kabul evacuationWhistleblower’s main accusationsFresh questions about Dominic Raab’s roleFahim, a…
Next week, Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov receive their Nobel peace prizes. In a rare interview, Muratov says he fears the world is sliding towards fascismThe last time a journalist won a Nobel prize was 1935. The journalist who won it – Carl von Ossie…
Journalist permitted to receive peace prize in person after judge eases travel restrictionsThe Philippine journalist Maria Ressa will be allowed to travel overseas so she can accept her Nobel peace prize in person after a court gave her permission to l…