Press freedom
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Citizen journalist facing jail in China for Wuhan Covid reporting
Zhang Zhan was arrested more than six months ago after reporting on the outbreakA Chinese citizen journalist d…
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Hong Kong TV journalist arrested ‘over report on police misconduct’
Choy Yuk-ling reportedly held over film about claims of police collusion with armed thugsHong Kong police have…
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TV reporter goes missing in southern Pakistan
Ali Imran Syed’s disappearance in Karachi registered as ‘abduction’ by Pakistani policeA reporter working for …
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US designates six more Chinese media firms as foreign missions
Mike Pompeo says move is part of efforts to push back against ‘propaganda efforts’; Chinese state media says B…
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Thailand protests: court orders news outlet to close as PM accuses it of ‘inciting unrest’
Voice TV, which has links to former PM Thaksin Shinawatra, faces closure over coverage of youth-led protests a…
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Wuhan Covid journalist missing since February found, says friend
Chen Qiushi who reported on Chinese response to virus believed to be in detentionCoronavirus – latest updatesS…
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Hong Kong court acquits media mogul Jimmy Lai of intimidation
Magistrate finds no evidence pro-democracy tycoon tried to instil fear in reporter from rival paperThe Hong Ko…
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Hong Kong Free Press journalist denied visa amid fears for media freedom
Irish journalist Aaron McNicholas’s visa was rejected in what’s believed to the first such case at a local tit…
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Hero’s welcome for Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai after release on bail
Apple Daily founder and pro-democracy activist returns to office following arrest under national security lawT…
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Hong Kong’s independent press faces dark chapter in China’s shadow
Fears Beijing would export its strict control of the media to Hong Kong have been borne out by arrest of pro-d…
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Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai arrested under new security law
Leading pro-democracy figure detained over alleged foreign collusion as police search Apple Daily officesProfi…
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India arrests dozens of journalists in clampdown on critics of Covid-19 response
Reporters for independent outlets, many in rural areas, say pressure won’t deter them from covering embarrassi…
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Hong Kong’s national security laws are designed to make the media self-censor | Tom Grundy
The legislation imposed by China intends to make journalists tiptoe around ill-defined red lines. The need to …
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Philippine lawmakers vote for shutdown of top broadcaster
ABS-CBN denied licence after repeatedly clashing with President Rodrigo DuterteLawmakers in the Philippines ha…
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Hong Kong journalists and lawyers scramble to adapt to security law
Protective measures taken and social media erased as both question how they can operateJournalists and lawyers…