Journalist safety
- Journalist safety, Media, Newspapers & magazines, Pakistan, Press freedom, South and Central Asia, World news
Record number of journalists killed in Pakistan already this year
Seventh and most recent victim was ambushed while driving, as most cases thought likely to be work-relatedSeve…
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Concerns grow for Chinese citizen journalist after supposed jail release
Zhang Zhan, jailed for reporting on Covid in Wuhan, has made no contact with outside worldConcerns are growing…
- Asia Pacific, China, Coronavirus, Infectious diseases, Journalist safety, Science, World news, Xi Jinping
Chinese woman jailed for reporting on Covid in Wuhan to be freed after four years
Citizen journalist Zhang Zhan’s search for the truth during the early days of the pandemic was seen as a threa…
- Afghanistan, Freedom of speech, Journalist safety, Media, Newspaper closures, Newspapers, Press freedom, Society, South and Central Asia, Taliban, US press and publishing, Violence against women and girls, War reporting, World news
Can journalism survive the Taliban? – documentary
The Etilaat Roz was once the most widely circulated newspaper in Kabul, but everything changed in August 2021 …
- Afghanistan, Journalist safety, Media, Newspaper closures, Newspapers, Newspapers & magazines, Press freedom, Society, South and Central Asia, Taliban, Violence against women and girls, World news
Can journalism survive the Taliban?
The Etilaat Roz was once the most widely circulated newspaper in Kabul, but everything changed in August 2021 …
- Asia Pacific, Censorship, China, Digital media, Freedom of speech, Human rights, Journalist safety, Law, Media, Social media, US news, World news
Number of writers jailed in China exceeds 100 for first time, says report
Freedom to Write index says there are 107 people in prison for published content in China, with many accused o…
- Azerbaijan, Censorship, Europe, Freedom of speech, Human rights, Journalist safety, Media, World news
Azerbaijan accused of crackdown on journalists in run-up to election
Sevinc Vaqifgizi is one of 13 independent journalists detained since snap presidential vote announcedIn late N…
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Fears raised after Hong Kong journalist fails to return from China trip
Minnie Chan has reportedly been out of contact since travelling to Xiangshan Forum a month agoFriends and coll…
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Philippines radio journalist shot dead during live broadcast
Killer of Juan Jumalon, 57, pretended to be a listener to enter home studio in Misamis Occidental provinceA ra…
- Delhi, India, Journalist safety, Media, Narendra Modi, Newspapers, Newspapers & magazines, Press freedom, South and Central Asia, World news
Delhi police search journalists’ homes in latest raids on media
Search also carried out on office of news website under investigation for allegedly receiving funds from China…
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Trial of Chinese #MeToo journalist and labour rights activist begins in secret
Huang Xueqin, a feminist who was due to move to UK, and Wang Jianbing charged with ‘inciting subversion of sta…
- Culture, Documentary films, Freedom of speech, Human rights, India, Journalist safety, Media, Narendra Modi, South and Central Asia, Television, World news
‘Resistance is possible’: Ravish Kumar, the broadcaster risking his life to tell the truth about India today
The eminent journalist’s fearless reporting on India under Narendra Modi cost him his job and freedom. Now bro…
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Chinese journalist arrested on charges of espionage
Trial of Dong Yuyu, detained after meeting Japanese diplomat, comes as country’s espionage laws widenedA Chine…
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Fears grow for Taiwan book publisher believed held in China
Reported detention of Li Yanhe has echoes of 2015 disappearances of five Hong Kong booksellersConcerns are mou…
- BBC, Censorship, India, Journalist safety, Media, Narendra Modi, Religion, South and Central Asia, World news
India enjoyed a free and vibrant media. Narendra Modi’s brazen attacks are a catastrophe | Kenan Malik
The prime minister’s cynical raids on the BBC are the latest populist clampdown on a press and broadcasting ‘e…