DAVID SCHLESINGER, ORVILLE SCHELL, ROGIER CREEMERS, WEN YUNCHAO07.17.14
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DAVID SCHLESINGER, ORVILLE SCHELL, ROGIER CREEMERS, WEN YUNCHAO07.17.14
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A Chinese policeman stops foreign journalists at a gate Continue reading
A ChinaFile Conversation:How to Read China’s New Press Restrictions已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Press Freedom
Tagged China, Press Freedom
Investigative journalists in China have always had to bow to censorship and worry about being arrested. But this year, the Communist party has stopped them from working altogether
Malcolm Moore By Malcolm Moore, Beijing7:00AM BST 17 Jul 2014
For years a journalist who I shall call Mr Chen has run the investigation unit of one of China’s most daring newspapers. Continue reading
Advice for journalists in China: Hire a lawyer已关闭评论
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Tagged China, Investigative Journalists, Journalists, Lawyer
By Farah Wael / 14 July, 2014
Three Al Jazeera journalists were among those sentenced to prison on terrorism charges.
In 1997, British journalist Robert Fisk interviewed Bin Laden. Fisk was not accused of being a terrorist, he was only doing his job. For decades, journalists have been interviewing terrorists, Continue reading
IndexDrawtheLine: Can art or journalism ever be terrorism?已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Press Freedom
Tagged Al-Jazeera, Journalism, Sentenced to Prison
Since its launch at the end of May, over 170 cases have been submitted on the media freedom crowd-sourcing platform promoted by Osservatorio Balcani e Caucaso and Index on Censorship. Continue reading
Balkans home to nearly half of media freedom violations已关闭评论
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Tagged Europe, Media Freedom
by Tienchi Martin-Liao / November 20, 2013
Chen Yongzhou
Express reporter Chen Yongzhu. Photo courtesy of Tienchi Martin-Liao via news.163.com.
Over the last 18 months Chen Yongzhou, Continue reading
Tienchi Martin-Liao:A Mud Battle Fought in A Quagmire-Censorship and corruption in Chinese journalism已关闭评论
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Tagged Chen Yongzhou, China, Journalism, Tienchi Martin-Liao
The completely serious decline of the Hollywood comedy已关闭评论
Posted in Culture, Headlines, Press Freedom
Tagged China, Doesn't Play, Hollywood
Media Release: Hong Kong
July 3, 2014
IFJ condemns Ming Pao senior manager for violating editorial independence
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliate, the Hong Kong Journalists Association (HKJA), and the Ming Pao Union in condemning a senior executive of Ming Pao newspaper for deleting, without consultation, key words from headlines about the July 1 rally for democracy.
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October 4, 2012 Jen Rickard Blair
As Banned Books Week comes to a close, we shift our gaze upon the censorship of authors on an international scale. Below is a list of 17 books that have been banned in the last decade. The original version of this list can be found in WLT’s censorship issue published in September 2006. Continue reading