カテゴリー: Press freedom
Ryan Law among five directors detained under national security legislation imposed by BeijingHong Kong’s national security police have arrested the editor-in-chief and four other directors of the Apple Daily newspaper in early morning raids involving h…
I’ve been taken off air and others have been beaten up. Why is the prime minister not standing with us?Once upon a time, Imran Khan and I used to fight for press freedom together in Pakistan. In November 2007, when then military ruler General Pervez Mu…
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Rozina Islam’s family claim reporter has been assaulted and subject to ‘mental torture’ by policeOne of Bangladesh’s most prominent investigative journalists, known for her anti-corruption reporting and criticism of the government’s response to Covid-1…
Bill placing libel under criminal rather than civil law could see journalists jailed for three years for ‘misleading’ contentJournalists and social media moderators in Vanuatu could face up to three years in prison under a new bill that broadly crimina…
Case against RTHK producer Bao Choy has become central to Hong Kong authorities’ press clampdownAn award-winning Hong Kong news producer has been found guilty of criminal conduct after she accessed a public database while investigating an attack at a c…
John Sudworth’s relocation to Taiwan comes after ‘months of personal attacks’ over reporting of alleged abuses of minoritiesA senior BBC journalist has left Beijing for Taiwan at short notice after nine years reporting from China, amid concerns for his…
Police target outlet after hospitals stormed on Sunday night amid call for strike in protest at coupMyanmar security forces have raided the Yangon offices of a local media outlet as the ruling junta widens its efforts to suppress opposition to the coup…
Malaysiakini guilty of contempt over five remarks that the court said undermined confidence in the judiciaryOne of Malaysia’s most prominent independent news outlets has been has been found in contempt of court over comments posted by readers, a verdic…
My colleagues reporting on alleged police violence at farmers’ protests have fallen foul of Modi’s governmentThe protests against farm laws that were hurriedly passed by the Indian government in September pose the most severe challenge to Prime Ministe…
Cases filed against nine journalists over reports that police officer fatally shot protester At least nine senior Indian journalists are facing criminal charges for reporting allegations that Delhi police fatally shot a farmer in the head during protes…
The journalists were convicted at one-day trial and sentenced to between 11 and 15 years in jailA court in Vietnam has sentenced three freelance journalists known for their criticism of government to between 11 and 15 years in prison, after finding the…
Writers including Salman Rushdie express anger after journalist Salil Tripathi has account suspendedTwitter has been accused of censoring the prominent Indian journalist Salil Tripathi by suspending his account, after he tweeted on subjects including t…
Zhang Zhan was arrested more than six months ago after reporting on the outbreakA Chinese citizen journalist detained since May for reporting on the coronavirus outbreak from Wuhan is facing up to five years in jail after being formally indicted on cha…