Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai, who has been released on bail after his arrest Monday, said Thursday he has accepted imprisonment as his “destiny...
Despite Arrest, Hong Kong Media Tycoon Jimmy Lai Says He Won't Back Down
Hong Kong is a 'City in Danger' Under Security Law, According to Its Journalists
Hong Kong's promised freedoms are now in danger, as the ruling Chinese Communist Party imposes a draconian security law on the city and the local ...
Beijing Pressures Critics as Pandemic Returns
As Beijing moves to contain an outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic, authorities have clamped down on citizen journalists. The outbreak detecte...
Press Freedom in China Could Have Averted Pandemic: Report
The coronavirus epidemic may never have gone pandemic if journalists had been allowed to do their jobs rather than adhering to ruling Chinese Communis...
China: Reverse Ban on American Journalists
Reporters at Major US Outlets to be Expelled, Hong Kong Reporting Restricted (New York) – The Chinese government should immediately reverse its dec...
China to Ban 'Harmful' Apps From Primary Schools to College Campuses
China's ministry of education has banned the use of apps by students from elementary school to university that don't fit in with government guidel...
Press Freedom Group Renews Calls For Release of Jailed China Journalists
A Paris-based press freedom group on Thursday called on the international community to step up pressure on the ruling Chinese Communist Party to r...
Turkey: Detentions Target Academics and Arts Group
(Berlin) – The dubious arrest on November 16, 2018 of 13 prominent figures from academia and a nongovernmental group deepens Turkey’s repressive c...
Mexico urged to continue progress on enforced disappearances, women’s rights and press freedom
Mexico faces “considerable challenges” in guaranteeing people’s human rights, its ambassador in Geneva told UN Member States on Wednesday, before bein
Germany’s Message to Erdoğan
Given the present state of human rights in Turkey, the German government has come in for criticism over the elaborate plans for President Recep Ta...
Myanmar: 7 Years for Reporting the Truth
(Bangkok) – A Myanmar court’s conviction of two Reuters journalists on politically motivated charges heralds a return to the media repression seen...