Tag: Media
Vietnam jails third activist this month in crackdown on Facebook posts
Vietnam has jailed a third activist this month for anti-government posts on social media platform Facebook, state media said on Nov. 28, handing him...
Vietnamese blogger faces jail for publishing anti-govt articles
Pham Van Diep used Facebook to support other human rights defenders and pro-democracy activists
When courage comes from faith
Philippine press freedom hero got his courage from knowing that he was doing God’s will
Voyeurs on the margins
The recent ruckus between the female siblings of a "slightly prominent" Filipino family involved in the country's entertainment business at the wake of its...
Peeking through the Great Firewall at the Hong Kong protests
Foreign media has shaped some sympathetic mainland Chinese views on the protests, but fear of the state will ensure the unrest doesn’t spread
Carmelites honor Filipino journalists for press freedom work
Award recognizes journalists who best epitomize the life and principles of Dutch priest killed in Dachau
Spy alert goes out over China propaganda app
The app was developed e-commerce giant Alibaba for the Chinese Communist Party
Pakistan’s military rides roughshod over the media
Suppression of the media is part of the nation’s worsening slide into despotism
Outcry after Pakistan bars media watchdog member
Rights groups have demanded Pakistan’s government explain why a member of a leading press watchdog was denied entry to the country, calling the move...
Southeast Asia’s media suppression hiding in plain sight
Nation states use media laws to silence independent media and independent voices
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