カテゴリー: Media
From an exuberant mountaineering woman to a boy representing unheard refugees, here are some of the brave individuals that gave us hopeNine years ago, Cecilia Llusco was one of 11 Indigenous women who made it to the summit of the 6,088 metre-high Huayn…
Dong Yuyu was detained in 2022 after meeting Japanese diplomats named agents of ‘espionage organisation’A veteran Chinese state media journalist has been sentenced by a Beijing court to seven years in prison on espionage charges, his family has said.Do…
Detained pro-democracy activist spoke for first time about charges against him under Hong Kong national security lawJimmy Lai, the detained pro-democracy activist and media mogul who is the target of Hong Kong’s most high-profile national security case…
Japanese character said to be second-highest grossing media franchise after Pokémon is also a TikTok superstarShe sports a signature red bow, her hobbies are travelling, reading and baking, and – despite celebrating her 50th birthday – stands at only f…
As attacks on the press rise, the House of Critical Voices offers sanctuary for media workers exposing abusesWith its nuclear bunker, textured walls and Bauhaus furniture, the former training school for combat troops might not look like a hotel, but fo…
Staff from at least 15 media outlets subjected to threats and defamatory letters sent to their families and employersJournalists from more than a dozen media outlets in Hong Kong have been harassed and targeted in what the city’s largest journalist ass…
Chris Patten condemns ‘dark day for press freedom’ as Chung Pui-kuen and Patrick Lam convicted over 11 articlesTwo journalists from the closed Hong Kong media outlet Stand News have been found guilty of conspiring to publish seditious materials – the f…
Thai parliament to investigate Prawit Wongsuwon after he repeatedly hit a journalist as she tried to ask him questionsThailand’s parliament has said it will investigate a senior politician and former army chief after he was filmed slapping a reporter a…
Unscripted remarks about the Japanese-administered islands were made during during a Chinese-language programme on the public broadcaster NHKJapan’s public broadcaster, NHK, has apologised after a member of staff referred to the disputed Senkaku Island…
David Neuberger was part of court panel that dismissed appeal of Jimmy Lai and six other pro-democracy activistsDavid Neuberger, the former president of the UK’s supreme court, has resigned from his role as chair of a legal advisory board to an interna…
Reporters cautiously optimistic as interim government takes over after years of intimation and censorship under outgoing prime ministerBangladeshi journalists are hoping the resignation of prime minister Sheikh Hasina will bring to an end an era of cen…
Outlet, which was hit with order during Rodrigo Duterte administration, hails ruling after ‘eight years of harassment’A court in the Philippines has voided a shutdown order that was issued against Rappler, an independent news outlet known for its scrut…
Seventh and most recent victim was ambushed while driving, as most cases thought likely to be work-relatedSeven reporters have been killed in Pakistan in the first six months of 2024, a record annual number with half a year still to go.The most recent …