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Malaysiakini guilty of contempt over five remarks that the court said undermined confidence in the judiciaryOne of Malaysia’s most prominent independent news outlets has been has been found in contempt of court over comments posted by readers, a verdic…
Priya Ramani cleared of defamation over sexual assault accusation against Mobashar Jawed AkbarA court in Delhi has acquitted a journalist of defamation after she accused a former government minister of sexual assault, in a landmark ruling for India’s #…
China has been critical of BBC reports on Xinjiang, while Ofcom recently revoked CGTN licenceBBC World News has been banned from airing in China, a week after Beijing threatened to retaliate for the recent revocation of the British broadcasting licence…
My colleagues reporting on alleged police violence at farmers’ protests have fallen foul of Modi’s governmentThe protests against farm laws that were hurriedly passed by the Indian government in September pose the most severe challenge to Prime Ministe…
Regulator concludes news network CGTN is ultimately controlled by Chinese Communist partyThe Chinese state broadcaster CGTN has lost its broadcast licence in the UK after Ofcom concluded that the news network, formerly known as CCTV, was ultimately con…
Medic at heart of original outbreak tells BBC documentary staff were not allowed to wear masks despite concern about human transmissionCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageA doctor from the Wuhan hospital hit hardest by the Covid…
Director of Tandav agrees to remove scenes deemed to insult Hindu gods and office of Indian prime ministerAn Indian political drama on Amazon Prime has been forced to edit out scenes that were accused of being an “insult to Hindu gods”, the first time …
The adaptation of Aravind Adiga’s Booker-winning novel is coming to Netflix – one of a growing number of films from the region snapped up by the streaming giantsThe White Tiger, the film adaptation of the Booker prize-winning book by Aravind Adiga, mar…
After the withdrawal of Bauer Media last year, the industry appeared to be on its death bed – but not for longAt 8.31am on a Thursday, Henry Oliver received a text message from his employer, alerting him to a company-wide Zoom call in 29 minutes’ time….
The journalists were convicted at one-day trial and sentenced to between 11 and 15 years in jailA court in Vietnam has sentenced three freelance journalists known for their criticism of government to between 11 and 15 years in prison, after finding the…
The streaming giants are making bold TV shows but the threat of censorship looms largeThis year’s Emmy awards, one of the biggest nights in global television, was particularly historic for India. It was the second year in a row that several Indian tele…
Violence increases amid stalled Taliban peace talks, with Isis claiming it was behind earlier journalist killingAn Afghan journalist and human rights activist has been shot and killed by unidentified gunmen in western Afghanistan, the fifth journalist …
Ofcom imposes £20,000 penalty on Republic TV for ‘highly pejorative’ comments on talk showA rightwing Indian news channel known for its strong pro-government stance and firebrand host has been fined by the UK regulator Ofcom for broadcasting hate speec…