How Xi’s China put over 1,000 Hong Kong journalists out of work
Many veteran journalists have decided to leave the industry because they could not find a suitable position without compromising their "integrity and personal safety.”
Cambodia’s internet may soon be like China’s: state-controlled
Critics say a recent crackdown puts Cambodia on a growing list of countries that have embraced China’s authoritarian model of internet surveillance.
Who's next? Hong Kong media fearful after arrests and shutdowns.
China's crackdown on dissent has silenced most Hong Kong democracy activists and has now begun to focus on the press, causing an "unprecedented climate of fear in the industry."
'Colonial wine from new, authoritarian bottles': Hong Kong retools sedition law
The Hong Kong government is expanding its use of a long-dormant sedition law in what some lawyers and democracy advocates say is intensifying a squeeze on press freedom.
In a ceremony laden with symbolism reflecting Hong Kong's new political realities, lawmakers took their oaths in the chamber where the city's traditional emblem had been replaced by China's.
Hong Kong’s media crackdown portends tough 2022 for free press
Governments appear poised for more steps to silence critical media coverage in the year ahead.
Hong Kong police raid pro-democracy media outlet and arrest six
The raid raises more concerns about freedom of speech in the former British colony, which returned to Chinese rule in 1997 with the promise that rights would be protected.
'Erasing history': Russia closes top rights group, capping year of crackdowns
The closure of Memorial International bookmarks a year in which Alexei Navalny, the Kremlin's top critic, was jailed, his movement banned and many of his allies forced to flee.
It will take more than a summit to protect democracy
Democracy is slow and deliberative, process oriented and, as a result, capable of manipulation by special interests.
Chinese province targets journalists and foreign students with planned new surveillance system
While it is unclear if the surveillance system is currently operating, security officials in China plan to use it to track "suspicious people."
Freed U.S. journalist thought Myanmar jail ordeal would never end
Since taking power in a February coup, Myanmar's military has arrested dozens of journalists critical of its crackdown.
Danny Fenster was jailed for 11 years last week and had been due to appear in court on Tuesday to face sedition and terror charges.
