カテゴリー: Censorship
Even stories on cost of living leave journalists facing assault, threats and arrest under Digital Security ActFour weeks ago, a reporter in Bangladesh was hauled from his office, badly beaten – and then thrown from the roof of his building, leaving him…
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…
Canadian politician, poet, an India MP and journalists are among 120 accounts that have been withheldTwitter has been accused of bowing to government pressure in India by blocking scores of prominent journalists, politicians and activists from its plat…
Distributor gives no reason for cancellation, but Chinese censors have targeted Pooh before due to Xi Jinping comparisonsThe screening of Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey, a British slasher film due to be released in Hong Kong this week, has been cance…
Violence and censorship rife among citizens and the media, as push to reclaim state land belies Indian government’s claims of peace in disputed regionSuhail Ahmad Shah stood despairingly before the wreckage that for two decades had been his livelihood….
Danmei is by some measures the most popular genre of fiction for women in China, and its popularity hasn’t gone unnoticed by the Communist party“The hand around his waist held him tighter, their bodies pressed closer together, and Xie Lian’s struggling…
The prime minister’s cynical raids on the BBC are the latest populist clampdown on a press and broadcasting ‘elite’In January, the BBC broadcast a two-part series, India: The Modi Question, which looked forensically at the role of Narendra Modi in fome…
Episode removed from Disney+ is the second of the cartoon to be made unavailable in Hong KongAn episode of the Simpsons that references “forced labour camps” in China has been removed from Disney+ streaming services in Hong Kong.The episode is the seco…
January 1938: Reports from Shanghai are suppressed by the Imperial Japanese Army, provoking a diplomatic protestFrom our correspondent22 January 1938 Continue reading…
Plan to target ‘gloomy sentiments’ across festival period comes as independent health forecasters estimate over 600,000 deaths from CovidChinese cyber authorities have announced an internet censorship crackdown to ensure there are no “gloomy sentiments…
Authorities want Glory to Hong Kong axed from top results and replaced with China’s national anthemGoogle has refused to change its search results to display China’s national anthem, rather than a protest song, when users search for Hong Kong’s nationa…
Auckland woman says she was banned from popular Chinese-language media forum SkyKiwi for posting political contentA woman is taking New Zealand’s biggest Chinese-language media site to a human rights review tribunal after she claims she was banned from…
As protesters in Chinese cities rage against Xi Jinping’s zero-Covid policy, TV feeds are edited to avoid crowd scenesChinese state television has censored World Cup games to remove shots of maskless crowds after the sight of joyous fans celebrating in…