Freedom of speech
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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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China’s threat to academic freedom in the UK | Letters
Sara Rydkvist, the Hong Kong programme director of Amnesty International, and Francis Bown on the threat from …
- Afghanistan, Business, Censorship, Freedom of speech, Internet, Mobile phones, South and Central Asia, Taliban, Technology, Telecommunications industry, Telecoms, World news
‘It felt like we had gone back centuries’: Afghans express relief after internet restored
For 48 hours Afghanistan had been cut off from mobile and internet services in a Taliban-imposed shutdownJust …
- 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…
- Comedy, Culture, Freedom of speech, India, Russia, Trump administration, Turkey, US news, US politics, World news
For comedians around the world, the laughs often end as democracy fades
Silencing of Jimmy Kimmel sets US on course similar to that charted by authoritarian regimes from Egypt to Ind…
- Arundhati Roy, Books, Censorship, Culture, Freedom of speech, India, Kashmir, Narendra Modi, South and Central Asia, World news
Arundhati Roy works among dozens of books banned in Indian-administered Kashmir
Censorship order accuses books of promoting ‘false narrative and secessionism’ in disputed territoryThe govern…
- Asia Pacific, China, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, Freedom of speech, Home Office, Hong Kong, Politics, UK news, World news
Hong Kong democracy campaigner accuses UK police of asking her to ‘self-censor’
Exclusive: Thames Valley police requested Carmen Lau ‘avoid public gatherings’ after neighbours received bount…
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China’s human rights lawyers speak out, 10 years after crackdown
In 2015, a nationwide campaign rounded up hundreds of rights advocates. Since then, suppression has become mor…
- Censorship, Freedom of speech, Global development, India, Journalist safety, Media, Narendra Modi, Newspapers & magazines, South and Central Asia, World news, World Press Freedom Day 2025
‘They threatened to bulldoze my house’: fear and violence stalk journalists in Modi’s India
Attacks and self censorship, draconian anti-terror laws and tycoons’ control over the media, are all seen as e…
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A pig’s head and decapitated rats: a new era of intimidation dawns for journalists in Indonesia
Grisly gifts a worrying turn for press freedom in world’s third-largest democracyWarning: some readers may fin…
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Mumbai comedy club ransacked after performer’s joke about local politician
Shiv Sena party supporters tore apart the Habitat comedy club after Kunal Kamra’s satirical song about a top m…
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Mumbai comedy club vandalised over controversial joke shuts its doors – video
A group ransacked the Habitat comedy club in Mumbai on Sunday night after comedian Kunal Kamra performed a sat…
- Asia Pacific, Cambodia, Censorship, Freedom of speech, Journalist safety, Media, UK news, World news
British investigative journalist banned from Cambodia
Treatment of Gerald Flynn, who writes for the outlet Mongabay, condemned as attack on independent media A Brit…
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Critics decry Vietnam’s ‘draconian’ new internet law
Social media users will need to verify their identities under new decree 147, prompting fears it will undermin…
- Arundhati Roy, Books, Civil liberties - international, Culture, Freedom of speech, India, Law, Narendra Modi, South and Central Asia, World news
Open letter in India calls for withdrawal of go-ahead to prosecute Arundhati Roy
Over 200 signatories urge government to reverse decision enabling action against writer under anti-terrorism l…