カテゴリー: Freedom of speech
Arrests comes days after Hong Kong issued warrants for eight overseas-based dissidentsHong Kong police have arrested a fifth person accused of supporting overseas activists who allegedly endangered national security, in a further expansion of a governm…
Warrants criticised as ‘indictment’ of judiciary with three of those targeted, including Nathan Law, thought to be in UKHong Kong police have issued arrest warrants for eight overseas activists days after the third anniversary of the introduction of a …
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 – …
Narendra Modi’s government calls accusation by social media firm’s former CEO an ‘outright lie’India threatened to shut Twitter down unless it complied with orders to restrict accounts critical of the government’s handling of farmer protests, the socia…
Leading global media figures among signatories backing publisher, hit with wave of ‘lawfare’ including legislation to stop him hiring UK barristerMore than 100 journalists and editors have signed an open letter calling for the immediate release of Jimm…
Detention of publisher Li Yanhe in China for ‘endangering national security’ has sent chills through island’s literary communityIn a bookstore near one of Taipei’s leading universities, Zeng Da-fu and his wife work quietly into the evening. Zeng has ru…
Two men in New York are accused by the FBI of being covert enforcers for the Chinese government. Such operations are being uncovered worldwideThe FBI this week arrested two men accused of running a covert overseas police operation in New York on behalf…
Suggestion to abolish catch-all offence will be among thousands considered at Chinese Communist party summitChina should abolish the catch-all crime of “picking quarrels and provoking trouble”, a political delegate has proposed before next week’s major…
Exclusive: Letter to home secretary says bill echoes ‘dangerously broad laws’ that result in jailing of protestersHongkongers in Britain have called on Suella Braverman to reconsider controversial measures in her public order bill, which they likened t…
Six people accused of publishing book relating to 2019 protests in move critics say has spread terrorPolice in Hong Kong have raided a lunar new year shopping fair and arrested six people for selling a “seditious” book related to the 2019 anti-governme…
Former legislator, who fled to Australia last year, said earlier that any sentence would not harm his reputation or lobbying workA Hong Kong court has sentenced pro-democracy figure in exile Ted Hui to three-and-a-half years in jail over charges relate…
Books depicted sheep fleeing from invading wolves, which judge found aimed to incite hatred against ChinaA court in Hong Kong has convicted five speech therapists of producing “seditious publications” in the form of a series of illustrated children’s b…
Laughter has been far more than a coping mechanism amid repression and economic crisis – it has rid the island of tyrantsSri Lanka’s been a joke for a while. At least for those compelled to live here. A deeply unfunny joke without a punchline. An islan…
Former student leader among 29 pro-democracy activists entering same plea on subversion charges after more than a year in jailJoshua Wong and a group of 28 Hong Kong pro-democracy activists charged under a controversial national security law have enter…