2015-08-06
A file photo of Gao Yu speaking in Hong Kong.
AFP
Human rights and press freedom groups on Thursday called on Beijing to release veteran Chinese journalist Gao Yu, who is currently serving a jail term for “leaking state secrets,” amid fears that her health may be rapidly deteriorating.
Gao, 71, currently suffers from chronic heart pain, Continue reading
Human Rights, Press Freedom Groups Call For Release of Jailed Chinese Journalist已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, June 4th Commemoration, Writers in Prison
Tagged Gao Yu, Journalist
2015-06-25
Chai Huiqun during a reporting assignment in an undated photo.
(Photo courtesy of Chai Huiqun)
A journalist for a cutting-edge newspaper is waging a Continue reading
Southern Weekend Journalist Sues Chinese Doctors’ Association Over ‘Fake Report’ Claim已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Press Freedom
Tagged Chai Huiqun, Journalist, Southern Weekend
Gao Yu, seen here in a file image taken in Hong Kong on 5 February 2007
Authorities say Gao Yu leaked a sensitive document that was then widely reposted abroad
China has jailed a top journalist for seven years Continue reading
China jails journalist Gao Yu over ‘state secrets’已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Press Freedom, Writers in Prison
Tagged Gao Yu, Journalist, state secrets
EU urged to sanction CCTV for broadcasting journalist’s forced confession Police cite Xiang Nanfu’s “confession” as a reason for freeing him on parole已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Internet Freedom, Writers in Prison
Tagged CCTV, Journalist, Xiang Nanfu
Posted: August 11, 2014 in media
Over the past few months, those who thought the state of Chinese journalism couldn’t possibly get any worse have sadly been proven wrong. Continue reading
China’s Troubled Media已关闭评论
Posted in Press Freedom
Tagged censorship, China, Journalist, Press Freedom, Wang Keqin
2014-08-04
A newspaper vendor talks to a customer at her booth on a street in Shanghai, Jan. 8, 2013.AFP
Chinese authorities have released an outspoken Continue reading
China Releases Graft-Busting Journalist on ‘Bail’ After A Year’s Detention已关闭评论
Posted in Internet Freedom, Press Freedom, Writers in Prison
Tagged Journalist, Liu Hu
By Paul Farhi July 24
Among its many virtues and drawbacks, social media may be one of the most effective tools ever invented to assist journalists in harming their careers. Continue reading
CNN’s Diana Magnay is latest reminder that Twitter can be a journalist’s worst enemy已关闭评论
Posted in Press Freedom
Tagged CNN, Diana Magnay, Journalist, Press Freedom
July 22, 2014 2:30 AM
Posted By: Samuel Wade
The New York Times’ Kiki Zhao reports the sudden firing of journalist Song Zhibiao over commentaries he wrote for a Hong Kong website. China’s State Administration of Press, Publication, Film, Continue reading
Journalist Fired Over Work for Hong Kong Website已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Press Freedom
Tagged Fired, Journalist, Song Zhibiao
