カテゴリー: Freedom of speech
Over 200 signatories urge government to reverse decision enabling action against writer under anti-terrorism lawMore than 200 Indian academics, activists and journalists have published an open letter urging the Indian government to withdraw last week’s…
In his bid for re-election, the Indian PM is ramping up sectarian rhetoric and weaponising state agencies against his opponentsMahua Moitra is an opposition politician with the Trinamool Congress partyAbh ke baar 400 paar (“More than 400 seats this tim…
Zhang Zhan, jailed for reporting on Covid in Wuhan, has made no contact with outside worldConcerns are growing about the wellbeing of one of China’s most prominent citizen journalists who has failed to make contact with the outside world after she was …
The Etilaat Roz was once the most widely circulated newspaper in Kabul, but everything changed in August 2021 when the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan. With journalists tortured in the street for their reporting, many of the paper’s staff wer…
NGOs and bookshops are closing, media organisations are leaving and democracy activists are on trial“Ideas are bulletproof”. Three words, stamped out in multicolour tiles above a doorway, represented one of the last vestiges of Hong Kong’s once vibrant…
Beijing dismisses chorus of concern from western governments over punitive new law as slanderChina has accused western governments and the United Nations of slander after they criticised Hong Kong’s new national security law, which was rushed through t…
Sevinc Vaqifgizi is one of 13 independent journalists detained since snap presidential vote announcedIn late November last year, the investigative journalist Sevinc Vaqifgizi was arrested upon arrival at Heydar Aliyev international airport in Azerbaija…
Bi Haibo of the Chinese embassy in the UK responds to a Guardian editorial about the trial of the media mogul and pro-democracy activistYour editorial (The Guardian view on Jimmy Lai: this sham trial is another bleak day for Hong Kong, 18 December) cla…
Judge says verdict is ‘tentatively’ three or four months away after 10 months of hearingsThe long-running national security trial of a group of pro-democracy figures known as the Hong Kong 47 began hearing closing arguments on Wednesday, more than 1,00…
That the author could be prosecuted for comments made 13 years ago is absurd – but also a deadly threat to freedom of speechThe climate for media and free speech in India is in a dangerous place. The country is already ranked 161 out of 180 countries i…
He went from rags to riches before his anti-communist newspaper fell foul of security forces. Now Lai’s plight tells of a city forced to live in the shadow of Xi’s authoritarian ChinaIt was not the first time in his long and eventful career that media…
Censorship, data harvesting and purchases of foreign news outlets could lead to ‘sharp contraction’ of freedom of expressionChina is manipulating global media through censorship, data harvesting and covert purchases of foreign news outlets, according t…
Judge refuses Hong Kong government’s request for injunction against Glory to Hong Kong, saying it could have chilling effectHong Kong’s high court has rejected a government attempt to ban a protest song, Glory to Hong Kong, saying an injunction could c…
Mimi Mi Wahng Yuen, daughter of wanted pro-democracy activist Elmer Yuen, taken for questioning, according to local mediaHong Kong national security police have reportedly detained the daughter, son, and daughter-in-law of a wanted activist, in the lat…