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Front pages focus on the extraordinary exodus at the airport and Joe Biden’s unwavering defence of troop withdrawalThe fall of Afghanistan to the Taliban has dominated news coverage around the world, with some striking front pages conveying the shockin…
Read MoreU-turn over those who worked for British media follows outcry from newspapers and broadcastersThe foreign secretary has agreed to consider allowing Afghan journalists who worked for the British to flee to the UK if their lives are endangered by the res…
Read MoreIndia’s only all-women news organisation is the subject of an award-winning documentary. The film-makers explain their inspiring courage and energyA woman explains how a group of four men repeatedly broke into her house and raped her; six times so far….
Read MoreDainik Bhaskar accuses government of pursuing it on trumped-up charges in response to its reportingCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageTax raids have been carried out on the offices of one of India’s most popular newspapers, aft…
Read MoreNewspaper’s closure shows how pro-democracy movement and press freedom are being crushedOn Wednesday morning, the Apple Daily reporter Angel Kwan was at a government press conference for the Hong Kong census when her phone started buzzing with notifica…
Read MoreMillion copies printed of last issue as journalists at newspaper that was forced to close mourn ‘historical moment’Across Hong Kong on Thursday morning the queues stretched for hundreds of metres, wrapping around corner after corner. Starting before da…
Read MoreKey moments in the recent history of territory’s largest pro-democracy newspaperJune 2019 The first protests begin in Hong Kong, with millions of people taking to the street in protest against a proposed extradition bill, which critics fear will allow …
Read MoreAnalysis: A palpable chill has run through the Hong Kong media, amid warnings about ‘fake news’ The fate of Apple Daily, one of Hong Kong’s bestselling tabloids, should not come as a surprise. On the day Jimmy Lai, its founder, was sentenced to 14 mont…
Read MoreCarrie Lam denies arrest of senior editorial figures at pro-democracy paper and seizure of its assets was an attack on press freedomHong Kong’s leader, Carrie Lam, has refused to clarify how journalists can avoid breaking the vaguely defined national s…
Read MoreA roundup of the coverage on struggles for human rights and freedoms from China to Colombia Continue reading…
Read MorePublic outpouring of support for tabloid after raid on offices by national security policeHongkongers queued at city news stands before dawn on Friday to buy the latest edition of the Apple Daily newspaper, a day after national security police arrested…
Read MoreApple Daily hits back after executives arrested in second raid on pro-democracy paper’s newsroomApple Daily’s journalism has ruffled feathers since its establishment in 1995. A populist Hong Kong tabloid owned by Jimmy Lai, a pro-Trump media mogul and …
Read MoreHong Kong’s security chief, John Lee, accused the five Apple Daily directors arrested on Thursday of using ‘journalistic work as a tool to endanger national security’. Lee said the five were arrested on suspicion of collusion with foreign countrie…
Read MoreRyan Law among five directors detained under national security legislation imposed by BeijingHong Kong’s national security police have arrested the editor-in-chief and four other directors of the Apple Daily newspaper in early morning raids involving h…
Read MoreOur Delhi correspondents pay tribute to the Indian journalist and Guardian news assistant, who has died of CovidEvery Guardian south Asia correspondent over the past decade can remember the first time they met Kakoli Bhattacharya. A smart, brilliant an…
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