Concerns Grow over Philippines’ Duterte’s Rights Crackdowns
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Crusading website Rappler and boss indicted on murky tax evasion charges
Bangladesh Photog’s Arrest Ignites International Outcry
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Student protest, arrests an embarrassment for Awami League
Post-Election, a Traumatized Malaysian Press Feels its Way
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Intimidated reporters haven’t caught on to keeping the new government honest
Philippines’ Duterte’s Vicious Attack on Critics
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SEC tries to put crusading news site out of business
Indonesia’s Media: Disturbing Lack of Legitimacy
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An Indonesian graduate student in the Netherlands named Dwi Hartanto has ignited a scandal at home by calling himself an aerospace expert with myriad achievements in rocket technology, satellites and combat aircraft expertise. He also claimed to serve as an as... Read More...
Philippines’ Duterte Claims a Crusading Newspaper’s Scalp
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The July 7 announcement by Manila’s Prieto family that it would rid itself of the Philippine Daily Inquirer, arguably the country’s most important newspaper, has raised new consternation over the increasingly a... Read More...
Journalist Deaths Down Globally
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On Dec. 19, Larry Que, the publisher of Catanduanes News Now, became the fourth journalist to die in the Philippines in 2016 when he was shot in the head by a lone gunman as he was about to enter the building t... Read More...
Lights Going Out for Free Press in Southeast Asia
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Across Southeast Asia, the free and independent press is under unprecedented attack from governments hostile to the thought of allowing their citizens to read the truth.
"The press freedom situation is dire across Asia, with different factors motivating dif... Read More...
China SOEs Snap Up Overseas Chinese Media
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Chinese state-owned enterprises are extending their tentacles ever deeper into the overseas Chinese media, including in Hong Kong.
In a move that should be a worry in Malaysia as well as in Hong Kong, the Ma... Read More...