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
by Tienchi Martin-Liao / September 25, 2013
Classic charges, plus new offenses, facilitate a wave of arrests designed to smother free speech in China.
Charles Xue Confession
Chinese American businessman and blogger Charles Xue confesses to soliciting prostitutes on State TV. Photo: TheGuardian via YouTube.
“Inciting subversion of state power” is the most frequently used Continue reading
Tienchi Martin-Liao：A Grim Harbinger for the Democratic Movement已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Internet Freedom, Tienchi Martin-Liao
Tagged censorship, Charles Xue, China, Inciting subversion of state power, Internet Freedom, Xue Manzi
by Tienchi Martin-Liao / October 9, 2013
In the newest chapter of China’s internet crackdowns, a 16 year-old boy is detained.
Yang Hui Continue reading
Tienchi Martin-Liao:Muzzle the Chatterbox or Put a Patch on His Mouth已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Internet Freedom
Tagged censorship, China, Internet Freedom, Yang Hui
by Tienchi Martin-Liao / October 23, 2013
On the contrasting lives of Chinese dissidents in prison.
Human rights activist and lawyer Teng Biao. Photo: Courtesy of Tienchi Marin-Liao. Continue reading
Tienchi Martin-Liao：Dictatorship is a Decapitator, Whether it Tortures You or Treats You Well已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Human Rights Lawyer, Tienchi Martin-Liao
JULY 11, 2014
BEIJING — I am 54, but have never in my life seen an election ballot.
“Have you seen one?” I ask people, out of curiosity. Like me, most of them have no idea what a ballot looks like and have only seen pictures on television of people completely unknown to them clutching a Continue reading
published: July 13, 2014
At the beginning of last year, a friend proposed that we conduct a volunteer project — we do a sustained exposure and critique of the false reports and fraudulent op-eds coming out of the Global Times (Chinese version). I can imagine that this would be an onerous task requiring updates almost every day. In the end, the proposal was shelved and became a joke between friends. After all, it’s no fun cleaning up filth every day. Continue reading
Song Zhibiao: The Phenomenon of the Global Times已关闭评论
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Tagged Global Times, Song Zhibiao
Updated: July 14, 2014 20:04 IST
Every evening, millions of young Chinese tune in to State broadcaster Continue reading
Fall of China’s top anchor lifts veil on paid news racket已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines
Tagged CCTV, Ling Jihua, Rui Chenggang
PUBLISHED : Monday, 14 July, 2014, 3:52pm
UPDATED : Tuesday, 15 July, 2014, 12:34pm
Alice Yan
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The drug-maker, which is the target of a bribery probe in China, Continue reading
GSK probe pair Peter Humphrey and Yu Yingzeng indicted for illegally obtaining private information已关闭评论
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Tagged GSK, Peter Humphrey, Yu Yingzeng
