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Stabbing of Former Hong Kong Newspaper Editor Raises Press-Freedom Fears
Kevin Lau, who was ousted as chief editor of Ming Pao newspaper in January, lies in critical condition in hospital following attack on Wednesday morning
Penguin India Issues Statement on ‘The Hindus’ Recall
Publisher says it has a “moral responsibility” to protect its employees from threats and harassment
Liberal India Feels Under Threat After Publisher Pledges to Pulp The Hindus
The ability of vocal religious groups, litigants and politicians to threaten publishers has many Indians worried
Disturbing Stuff Happens When You Use Bing for Chinese-Language Searches
Search results for “Dalai Lama” or “June 4” direct to censored pages
China Censorship Fail: Hundreds of Millions Sent to Blocked Website
The country’s censors can’t be happy
Is China’s ‘Great Firewall’ Blocking the Guardian?
U.K. newspaper appears to be the latest daily blocked by Beijing censors
China’s Great Firewall Won’t Be Touched by Beijing’s New Reforms
Chinese leaders are planning economic and legal reforms, but they won’t relax the country’s online free-speech rules
Egypt’s ‘Daily Show’ Suspended After Mocking Egyptian Ultra-Nationalist Fervor
Bassem Youssef’s show was canceled moments before what would have been its second time airing since the military forced out the democratically-elected president
‘Please Release Him’: Chinese Paper Publishes Front-Page Plea for Detained Journalist
New Express has a message for China’s censors: We may be small, but we have backbone. On Wednesday the Guangzhou-based newspaper published a front-page call for the release of its reporter Chen Yongzhou. Chen was detained by …
Another Soothing Tweet from Iran’s @HassanRouhani Disarms Twitter’s Founder
Iran’s newly elected president tweeted out his progressive stance on the nation’s Twitter ban
‘The Civil Disobedience of the 21st Century’: How Vietnamese Bloggers Evade Controls
To skirt harsh media laws, a nation’s activists are honing their cyberskills
China’s Emerging Civil Society Prompts Fresh Media Crackdowns
Together with his neighbors, journalist Chen Baocheng had been involved in a long-running land-confiscation dispute with the local authorities in Pingdu, a city of about 1.3 million people in the northeastern Chinese province of …