カテゴリー: Press freedom
Sebastien Lai, son of Jimmy, also criticises Vatican over failure to hold China to account over human rights abusesThe British son of the jailed Hong Kong media entrepreneur Jimmy Lai has criticised Britain and the Vatican for failing to speak out stro…
Consul general calls for ‘constructive engagement’ with territory as China’s Han Zheng confirms he will attend king’s coronationBritain’s most senior diplomat to Hong Kong has called for an end to “megaphone diplomacy” between the UK and the Chinese te…
Since the Taliban took over Afghanistan, one-third of journalists have left, while those who remain live with threats, attacks, unlawful detention and extortionMortaza Behboudi, an Afghan-French journalist, had been drawn back to Afghanistan, which he …
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…
Shamsuzzaman Shams was taken from his home at 4am and accused of spreading ‘false news’ over article about cost of living crisisBangladesh police on Wednesday charged a reporter from a leading newspaper with producing “false news”, stoking fears about …
Top opposition figure expelled from parliament after being convicted of defamation over Modi remarkThe top Indian opposition figure Rahul Gandhi has said he will keep fighting for democracy after blaming his expulsion from parliament on his demands for…
Press members living under the Taliban, and living uncertain lives in Pakistan, must be given clarity say campaign groupsHundreds of Afghan journalists remain stranded in increasingly “dire” circumstances as frustration mounts over the UK government’s …
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…
Reporters need protection from violence and intimidation – not a law that makes it easier to sack themDuring my first week as a journalist in a television station in Papua New Guinea, I got told by a bureaucrat in a large government department that I s…
Media staff targeted for criticising BJP government fear tax raid is escalation of coercion“Did BBC Take Cash From China For Propaganda?” ran the opening title on the primetime news debate. As the flashy graphics of Republic TV, India’s hardline and ov…
Country’s finance ministry claims broadcaster has not fully declared its income and profitsIndia’s finance ministry has accused the BBC of tax evasion, saying that it had not fully declared its income and profits from its operations in the country.Indi…
Searches in offices in Delhi and Mumbai come weeks after the release of BBC documentary critical of prime minister Narendra ModiRaids of BBC offices by government officials in India have entered a second day as a tax investigation continues, just weeks…
‘India: the Modi Question’, examining 2002 sectarian riots, comes at sensitive time for prime minister• BBC offices in India raidedA BBC documentary on the Indian prime minister, Narendra Modi’s, actions during deadly sectarian riots in 2002 continues…
Indian tax officers searched the BBC’s offices in Delhi and Mumbai on Tuesday, the broadcaster said, weeks after the government blocked a documentary critical of Narendra Modi’s role in the 2002 Gujarat riots. While the search was underway, people…
Searches come weeks after release of documentary critical of PM that was later blocked by governmentBBC offices in India have been raided by tax department officials, just weeks after the release of a documentary critical of the prime minister, Narendr…