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- Bangladesh, Censorship, Global development, Media, Muhammad Yunus, Newspapers, Newspapers & magazines, Press freedom, Protest, Sheikh Hasina, South and Central Asia, World news
How hope is fading: the mobs bringing violence back to the streets of Bangladesh
As crowds attack newspaper offices and violence has killed 184 people, the optimism around Sheikh Hasina’s ove…
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Hong Kong media tycoon convicted – as it happened
This blog is now closedJimmy Lai verdict: Hong Kong pro-democracy figure convicted of national security offenc…
- Asia Pacific, China, Hong Kong, Jimmy Lai, Journalist safety, Media, Newspapers, Newspapers & magazines, Press freedom, World news
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…
- Asia Pacific, China, Coronavirus, Journalist safety, Media, Newspapers, Newspapers & magazines, Press freedom, World news
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…
- 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…
- 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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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…
- Asia Pacific, Chris Patten, David Neuberger, Hong Kong, Law, Media, Newspapers, Newspapers & magazines, Press freedom, World news
Former UK supreme court head quits media freedom role over work as judge in Hong Kong
David Neuberger was part of court panel that dismissed appeal of Jimmy Lai and six other pro-democracy activis…
- 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 …
- Afghanistan, Media, Newspapers, Newspapers & magazines, Press freedom, South and Central Asia, Taliban, World news
The Taliban targeted us, beat us and chased us out. This is how we run our Afghan newspaper from exile | Sakhidad Hatif
We shed light on the regime’s crimes from the US, thanks to the extreme bravery of reporters on the groundSakh…
- Asia Pacific, China, Hong Kong, Jimmy Lai, Media, Newspapers, Newspapers & magazines, Press freedom, World news
Jimmy Lai lawyers file UN appeal saying there is evidence witness was tortured
Hong Kong media mogul’s team raises concerns over testimony of former democracy activist who was imprisoned in…
- Asia Pacific, Business, China, David Cameron, Hong Kong, Jimmy Lai, Media, Newspapers, Politics, Press freedom, Protest, UK news, World news
World watches as landmark Jimmy Lai trial set to begin in Hong Kong
Territory’s global reputation on the line as media mogul and democracy activist finally tried over alleged nat…
- Asia Pacific, China, David Cameron, Hong Kong, Media, Newspapers, Newspapers & magazines, Politics, Press freedom, UK news, World news
David Cameron urged to tell China to free Hong Kong publisher Jimmy Lai
Newspaper tycoon’s son seeks meeting with foreign secretary as Briton, 76, faces trial and possible life sente…
- 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…