Media Censorship
Media Censorship: Popular Talk Show Hosts Axed
Two popular television hosts are fired in Hong Kong, raising fears that Chinese censors are exerting undue influence over the island. An elderly man reads a newspaper in a workshop in Hong Kong. Hong Kong’s government broadcaster has said it won’t renew the contracts of two popular current-affairs talk show hosts in 2012, sparking fears [...]
China: Editor Jailed Amid Graft Probe
The case highlights widespread corruption in the Chinese official media. A newspaper vendor at his stall in Beijing. Authorities in the Chinese capital have handed down a 13-year jail term to a former top editor convicted of bribery. Liu Chongzhou, a former editor-in-chief of the China Land and Resources newspaper, was sentenced on Wednesday by [...]
Media Censorship: South Sudan Releases Journalists Held for Criticizing President
The Deputy Editor of the Destiny newspaper, Dengdit Ayok, after being released from custody in Juba, November 19, 2011. Two journalists, detained for two weeks by government security in the new nation of South Sudan, have been released. The two were arrested for publishing an article critical of President Salva Kiir’s daughter. The editor of [...]
Media Censorship: Mine Probe Reporter Threatened
A journalist is targeted for his work covering coal-seam exploitation in central China. A top investigative journalist who exposed the problem of land subsidence in the poverty-stricken coal-mining heartland of Shanxi says he has received anonymous phone calls and threats linked to his work in recent days. “A lot of people have called me up, [...]
Media Censorship: Sri Lankan Government Criticized for Targeting Several News Websites
Sri Lankan authorities are facing strong criticism for restricting media freedom after blocking several websites and requiring all news websites to register with the government. The government is defending its actions, saying it is not targeting freedom of expression. The government says it blocked the websites because some of the reports they carried had damaged [...]
