Malaysia: Promise of a change
The fall of a 61-year old regime at the ballot box offers a chance of real reforms for media and free expression in Malaysia.
Freedom on a leash for Liu Xiaobo, Hong Kong protests, and a cruel prison sentence for blogger ‘Me Nam’
China releases Liu Xiaobo on medical parole; #FreeThe5KH out on bail; journalists escape jail term in Timor Leste; “Mother Mushroom” sentenced to 10 years
Asia & Pacific in three minutes
Maldivian bloggers harassed abroad, Australia spies, China collects, India leaks and South Asia’s shutdown.
The month in Asia Pacific in three minutes
A tragic murder in the Maldives shakes the world, India and Malaysia’s digital crackdown, and Yance Wenda gets beaten up covering…World Press Freedom Day protests.
Asia round-up: Women march, and much more
Whether it was reporting on illegal mining tycoons, training female journalists in Afghanistan or calling out the dangerous media environment in Pakistan, March definitely proved to be a time for bold women journalists in Asia.
Asia & Pacific round-up: Film screening criminalised, free expression refugees trapped on Manus Island, and more
February: Censorship in Malaysia and Pakistan; deadly attacks against journalists in Bangladesh and Pakistan; global action to support three Iranian refugees
The kids are all right: Asia’s young protestors
Young people are giving new energy to resistance movements in Hong Kong, Thailand, the Philippines, Burma and Malaysia.
Monthly round-up: Attacks on secular voices, transgender and land rights in Asia
In January: “Disappeared” bloggers, activist in Pakistan; LGBT community rights threatened in Indonesia; new independent outlets in Hong Kong; activists see no justice in Cambodia.
Asia round-up: Campaign for imprisoned Chinese writers, attacks on media, digital media gains and more
December: World authors campaign to release Chinese writers; relative calm in Nepal’s media; targeted killings in Philippines and Burma; recognition of digital journalists in Hong Kong.
Fighting words in Burma
Choosing a side in Burma’s war of words over the Rohingya crisis is not only placing journalists at the centre of a deadly conflict, it is also sparking calls to revoke a revered Nobel laureate’s award.
Fighting words in Burma
Choosing a side in Burma’s war of words over the Rohingya crisis is not only placing journalists at the centre of a deadly conflict, it is also sparking calls to revoke a revered Nobel laureate’s award.
IFEX’s Asia Pacific round-up
A global campaign for journalist safety, Malaysia’s clampdown and female journalists as human rights defenders in Burma are among the top stories in our monthly round-up of Asia Pacific news.
Asia Pacific October round-up: Travel bans, award winners, and impunity in Afghanistan
October: Authorities use immigration rules to ban journalists and activists in Pakistan, Malaysia and Thailand; free expression advocates from Bangladesh and Malaysia win awards.
Refugees, migrants and minorities: Asia Pacific September round-up
Award recognizes Iranian cartoonist held by Australia, surveillance in Thailand takes a most scary turn and a report on transgender women in Cambodia reveals shocking statistics.