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Sentencing of Sai Zaw Thaike at one-day trial for treason and defamation shows press freedom has been ‘completely quashed’ under junta, editor saysA Myanmar court has sentenced a photojournalist to 20 years in prison with hard labour over his coverage…
Yashica Dutt accuses makers of Made in Heaven of failing to acknowledge her contribution to story of bride from low casteAn Amazon Prime series on Indian wedding planners has been accused of failing to acknowledge the contribution of a Dalit journalist…
The Solomon Star denies accusations of ‘giving away’ its independence by accepting thousands of dollars’ worth of equipmentLocal media in Solomon Islands have been accused of compromising their independence by entering into agreements with Chinese news…
News anchor Kumar stays quietly courageous amid nationalist hysteria in Vinay Shukla’s tense documentary – but its final note of hope has been undermined by recent eventsEvents have overtaken this sombre documentary, which, though interesting and relev…
The eminent journalist’s fearless reporting on India under Narendra Modi cost him his job and freedom. Now broadcasting to millions on YouTube, he is the subject of a new documentaryRavish Kumar was born near the same Indian city – Motihari in Bihar – …
Citizens’ Radio to close on third anniversary of national security law that has led to demise of several other liberal media outletsHong Kong’s pro-democracy online Citizens’ Radio station will cease operations on Friday owing to what its founder descr…
Nature series Our Big Blue Backyard drew one complaint to media watchdog that it should not have given the program a G, or general, classificationNew Zealand’s media watchdog has reprimanded public broadcaster TVNZ for not giving a higher classificatio…
Ruling dismays free speech activists who accuse Modi government of systematically shrinking space for dissentAn Indian court has blocked the screening of an Al Jazeera documentary about the country’s Muslim minority, fuelling fears that the right to cr…
Exclusive: methodology used by Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism risks undermining media in global south, says RessaNobel peace laureate Maria Ressa has claimed Oxford University’s leading journalism institute is publishing flawed research …
Journalists say directive on hate speech issued by regulator indirectly affects coverage of former PMBroadcast journalists in Pakistan have decried a de facto ban on mentioning Imran Khan by name or showing his image after a series of directives issued…
At least four wire articles published by national broadcaster had been edited to add pro-Kremlin phrasingNew Zealand’s national radio broadcaster is conducting an internal investigation after evidence emerged that an employee had edited wire reporting …
Seven chairman Kerry Stokes, who parachuted the former soldier into a network job in 2015, says ‘the judgment does not accord with the man I know’Ben Roberts-Smith loses defamation case, with judge finding former SAS soldier committed war crimesListen …