カテゴリー: Newspapers
Editor of news website Rappler could face prison if convicted under ‘cyber libel’ lawA verdict will be issued on Monday following the controversial trial of one of the Philippines’ most prominent journalists, in a case widely condemned as an attack on …
Concerns have also been raised about Vanuatu, where it is illegal to publish stories on coronavirus without government approvalA Fijian military leader has said the government was justified in “stifling criticism” of its policies by the press during th…
New York Times, Wall Street Journal and Washington Post journalists among staff ordered to stop reporting and leaveChina will expel US reporters of three major US news outlets, in a hugely damaging attack on foreign media coverage of the country – and …
Three journalists told to leave within five days after paper declined to apologise for opinion pieceCoronavirus updates – liveChina is expelling three Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reporters from the country, a move with no recent precedent, marking a shar…
Media body says journalists are denied visas, while editors receive stream of threatening emails and phone callsSweden’s leading newspapers and broadcasters have together called on their government to take stronger action against China for its “unaccep…
Bills introduced by ruling Communist party will bring in heavy fines and the threat of jail to stifle debate, say criticsJail terms of up to five years could be imposed on people in Nepal who post “offensive” comment on social media sites, including Fa…
Dan McGarry believes visa was rejected because of his paper’s critical coverage of government The Vanuatu government has refused to renew the work permit of its largest newspaper’s long-serving director, Dan McGarry, in what he said was a “straight up …
Journalists face blanked-out articles, pulled funding and channel shutdown if they dare to criticise the state For almost five years, Talat Hussain, a well-known Pakistani journalist, hosted a popular current affairs talk show on Geo TV, openly discuss…
Chun Han Wong, who covered Xi Jinping extensively, is in effect expelled from countryChinese authorities have declined to renew the press credentials of a Beijing-based Wall Street Journal reporter, in effect expelling a journalist who extensively cove…