Kevin Lau, who was ousted as chief editor of Ming Pao newspaper in January, lies in critical condition in hospital following …
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Indian Editor Charged With Rape and Sexual Assault
Tarun Tejpal allegedly assaulted female colleague in November
12 Journalists Killed in the Philippines This Year, Says Human Rights Watch
Three reporters killed and one injured in two weeks
‘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 …
Filipino Journalists Call For Action After Murderous Month
With five journalists killed in a little over a month, Aquino’s government continues to struggle to put an end to lethal violence against media workers
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 …
Last Seen in Hong Kong: Edward Snowden Slips Away
Journalists fanned out across Hong Kong’s luxury hotels, hoping to score an interview or even catch a glimpse of the now famous leaker. But Edward Snowden was nowhere to be found, leading many to wonder if he’s even still in the territory
Obama Meets Xi: The View From China
The stakes were high for U.S. President Barack Obama’s sit-down with his new Chinese counterpart, President Xi Jinping, on Friday. The landmark two-day meeting, held at Sunnylands, a private estate in Southern California, is …
Must-Reads from Around the World
NGOs say cost-cutting by Western fashion retailers led to the factory disaster in Bangladesh, Russia uses child adoption as a bargaining tool with Ireland’s parliament, and the president of Serbia has apologized for the …
Must-Reads from Around the World
Media freedom is declining in Bulgaria, China leads the world in cyber espionage and public confidence in the European Union has fallen to a record low in its six biggest countries
Portrait of an Activist: Razan Ghazzawi, the Syrian Blogger Turned Exile
On July 18 Razan Ghazzawi, a Syrian blogger and media activist, was in the city of Douma, 45 minutes outside the capital, when she received a call: Free Syrian Army (FSA) fighters, dug in in the central Damascus neighborhood of …
Must-Reads from Around the World
Argentina and Iran agree to form a commission to investigate a 1994 bombing in Buenos Aires, Italy makes a new push to clamp down on suspected tax evaders and Brazil mourns the loss of over 200 lives in a nightclub tragedy
Why Do Israeli Media Keep Predicting War with Iran?
A frenetic pounding of the war drums appears designed to create the impression that Israel will attack Iran before the U.S. presidential election. Whether that’s Netanyahu’s real intent remains a mystery