Journalist safety
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Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai convicted of national security offences – video
Jimmy Lai, the Hong Kong pro-democracy media tycoon, is facing life in prison after being found guilty of nati…
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Hong Kong: Jimmy Lai facing life in prison after conviction on security charges
Rights groups dismiss ‘sham conviction’ of media tycoon on national security offences in city’s most closely w…
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Beijing court to rule in appeal of jailed Chinese journalist Dong Yuyu
Detention of Dong on espionage charges has been criticised by human rights and press freedom organisationsA co…
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UN and rights groups condemn reported jailing of Wuhan Covid citizen journalist
Zhang Zhan sentenced to four years for second time on charge often used by China to target government criticsT…
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‘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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‘They threatened to bulldoze my house’: fear and violence stalk journalists in Modi’s India
Attacks and self censorship, draconian anti-terror laws and tycoons’ control over the media, are all seen as e…
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US journalist sues Indian government after losing his overseas citizenship
Raphael Satter had his OCI card taken away after publishing a story critical of an Indian businessmanA US jour…
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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 …
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British investigative journalist banned from Cambodia
Treatment of Gerald Flynn, who writes for the outlet Mongabay, condemned as attack on independent media A Brit…
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We can be heroes: the inspiring people we met around the world in 2024 – part one
From an exuberant mountaineering woman to a boy representing unheard refugees, here are some of the brave indi…
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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…
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‘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…
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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…
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Philippines court voids order to shut down independent news site Rappler
Outlet, which was hit with order during Rodrigo Duterte administration, hails ruling after ‘eight years of har…