Press freedom

Singapore journalism scholar Cherian George denied tenure

28 Feb 2013

A Singaporean journalism professor who has written extensively about the lack of media freedom in the city state has been denied tenure a second time, and hundreds of his supporters at home and...

Letters to the Editor, February 20, 2013

20 Feb 2013

Mr Lo criticised me and the Civic Party for "jumping on the bandwagon" in uploading Lian's article on Facebook and inviting the chief executive to sue me for libel if indeed he had a case for...

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Rule on disclosure of company directors' data seeks balance

17 Feb 2013

Ever since the news broke last month that changes would be made to the Companies Ordinance that would make it harder for the media to obtain the personal data of company directors, the liberal...

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Myanmar government denies it hacked into reporters' e-mails

12 Feb 2013

At least 12 reporters, including a Yangon-based correspondent for The Associated Press, received messages from Google last week when they tried to access their g-mail accounts. They said that...

Defamation case against Myanmar weekly dropped

31 Jan 2013

A Yangon court agreed to withdraw charges against The Voice at the ministry’s request, following mediation by a recently-formed press council.

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Hong Kong press freedom drops to 5-year low on global index

Hong Kong's ranking for press freedom has fallen to a five-year low of 58 among 179 places worldwide, the latest index compiled by Reporters Without Borders shows.

Rare display of mainland media defiance of censorship

For those who pinned high hopes on a new generation of Communist Party leaders, the winter of suffocating media control has come too soon.

China's brave journalists stand up to censors

China has some of the world's bravest journalists and there are perhaps none more so than those who work for Guangzhou's Southern Weekly.

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PRESS FREEDOM

Journalists slam move to hide directors' data from public

Proposed changes to hide company directors and secretaries' personal details - home addresses and full ID numbers - from the public are an affront to press freedom, the city's journalist groups...

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MEDIA

Scuffles on second day of protests at Southern Weekly office in Guangzhou

Tensions escalated yesterday as Communist Party loyalists clashed with Southern Weekly supporters outside the Nanfang Media Group's headquarters in Guangzhou.

The disturbances came amid...

CENSORSHIP

Southern Weekly reporters to return to work after censorship stand-off

Journalists at Guangzhou's outspoken Southern Weekly newspaper agreed yesterday to return to work as Guangdong's provincial party chief stepped in to mediate a rare confrontation with the...

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