Press freedom
- Asia Pacific, Business, China, Hong Kong, Jimmy Lai, Law, Media, Newspapers, Newspapers & magazines, Press freedom, World news
Final arguments conclude in Jimmy Lai national security trial in Hong Kong
Government-picked judges consider verdict in high-profile case against pro-democracy media mogulFinal argument…
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Pacific faces ‘critical moment’ in fight for press freedom, media watchdog warns
Some reporters in the region face jail for alleged defamation in countries where news outlets often lack resou…
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Hanoi bans The Economist’s issue featuring Vietnam’s leader on its cover, reports say
Media quoted unnamed distributors who said they could not obtain copies of the magazine or that it had been ba…
- Africa, Americas, Conflict and arms, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Global development, Journalist safety, Media, Mexico, Middle East and North Africa, Myanmar, Newspapers & magazines, Press freedom, South and Central Asia, Sudan, World news
‘They told me that they’d hunt me down’: journalists on how they survive working in war zones
With a record number of journalists killed over the past year, four reporters covering conflicts across the wo…
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Hong Kong authorities trying to disrupt independent press with ‘strange’ tax audits
Inland revenue targets eight outlets, union, 20 journalists and their families with supposed ‘random’ checksHo…
- BBC, BBC World Service, Media, Myanmar, Press freedom, Radio industry, South and Central Asia, Television & radio, The news on TV, World news
BBC launches satellite news channel in Myanmar after Trump silences VOA
Corporation responds to ‘urgent need’ following earthquake by taking over Voice of America’s former channelThe…
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A pig’s head and decapitated rats: a new era of intimidation dawns for journalists in Indonesia
Grisly gifts a worrying turn for press freedom in world’s third-largest democracyWarning: some readers may fin…
- Afghanistan, Global development, Media, Press freedom, Public service broadcasting, Society, South and Central Asia, Taliban, Women, Women in journalism, Women's rights and gender equality, World news
Off air: One by one, the Taliban are removing women’s voices from Afghan radio
As one of the last female-run stations in the country is silenced, a former broadcaster gives an inside view o…
- Afghanistan, Americas, Belarus, Colombia, Donald Trump, Europe, Global development, Iran, Journalist safety, Media, Middle East and North Africa, Myanmar, Newspapers & magazines, Press freedom, South and Central Asia, Ukraine, US news, USAid, World news
Trump’s aid cuts will lead to a surge of propaganda, say press freedom groups
Loss of USAid funds will sow ‘chaos and confusion’ and force independent media outlets to shut down, says RSF …
- Asia Pacific, China, Espionage, Japan, Media, Newspapers, Newspapers & magazines, Press freedom, World news
China sentences journalist to seven years on spy charges, family says
Dong Yuyu was detained in 2022 after meeting Japanese diplomats named agents of ‘espionage organisation’A vete…
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Jimmy Lai trial: key points from media mogul’s testimony on first day
Detained pro-democracy activist spoke for first time about charges against him under Hong Kong national securi…
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Hong Kong: Stand News journalists given jail terms for ‘sedition’
Chung Pui-kuen sentenced to 21 months while Patrick Lam gets 11-month term but is released on medical groundsT…
- Africa, Censorship, Europe, Germany, Global development, Iran, Journalist safety, Kurds, Media, Middle East and North Africa, Myanmar, Newspapers & magazines, Press freedom, Refugees, South and Central Asia, Sudan, Syria, World news
‘This is a big chance for all of us’: Germany’s freedom hotel where exiled journalists take refuge
As attacks on the press rise, the House of Critical Voices offers sanctuary for media workers exposing abusesW…
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Hong Kong journalists harassed in ‘systemic and organised attack’
Staff from at least 15 media outlets subjected to threats and defamatory letters sent to their families and em…
- Asia Pacific, China, Chris Patten, Hong Kong, Journalist safety, Media, Newspapers & magazines, Press freedom, World news
Two Stand News journalists in Hong Kong found guilty of sedition
Chris Patten condemns ‘dark day for press freedom’ as Chung Pui-kuen and Patrick Lam convicted over 11 article…