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Newspaper staff gather outside court ahead of appearance of editor-in-chief Ryan Law and chief executive Cheung Kim-hung Two executives from Hong Kong’s pro-democracy Apple Daily have appeared in court, charged with collusion after authorities deployed…
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, the editor-in-chief of Apple Daily, has been arrested along with four other directors of the pro-democracy newspaper on suspicion of collusion with a foreign country or ‘external elements’ to endanger national security. The newspaper’s owner,…
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 MoreI’ve been taken off air and others have been beaten up. Why is the prime minister not standing with us?Once upon a time, Imran Khan and I used to fight for press freedom together in Pakistan. In November 2007, when then military ruler General Pervez Mu…
Read MoreA roundup of the coverage on struggles for human rights and freedoms, from Myanmar to Peru Continue reading…
Read MoreRozina Islam’s family claim reporter has been assaulted and subject to ‘mental torture’ by policeOne of Bangladesh’s most prominent investigative journalists, known for her anti-corruption reporting and criticism of the government’s response to Covid-1…
Read MoreBill placing libel under criminal rather than civil law could see journalists jailed for three years for ‘misleading’ contentJournalists and social media moderators in Vanuatu could face up to three years in prison under a new bill that broadly crimina…
Read MoreCase against RTHK producer Bao Choy has become central to Hong Kong authorities’ press clampdownAn award-winning Hong Kong news producer has been found guilty of criminal conduct after she accessed a public database while investigating an attack at a c…
Read MoreJohn Sudworth’s relocation to Taiwan comes after ‘months of personal attacks’ over reporting of alleged abuses of minoritiesA senior BBC journalist has left Beijing for Taiwan at short notice after nine years reporting from China, amid concerns for his…
Read MorePolice target outlet after hospitals stormed on Sunday night amid call for strike in protest at coupMyanmar security forces have raided the Yangon offices of a local media outlet as the ruling junta widens its efforts to suppress opposition to the coup…
Read MoreMalaysiakini guilty of contempt over five remarks that the court said undermined confidence in the judiciaryOne of Malaysia’s most prominent independent news outlets has been has been found in contempt of court over comments posted by readers, a verdic…
Read MoreMy colleagues reporting on alleged police violence at farmers’ protests have fallen foul of Modi’s governmentThe protests against farm laws that were hurriedly passed by the Indian government in September pose the most severe challenge to Prime Ministe…
Read MoreCases filed against nine journalists over reports that police officer fatally shot protester At least nine senior Indian journalists are facing criminal charges for reporting allegations that Delhi police fatally shot a farmer in the head during protes…
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