Tag: Press Freedom
Japanese-born Journalist Akio Yaita Attacked After Speech in Taiwan; Chinese Suspect Arrested
Akio Yaita, a Japanese-born journalist and director of the Indo-Pacific Strategic Think Tank Executive...
Hong Kong Pro-Democracy Activist Lam Wing-Kee, Who Fled to Taiwan After Defying Beijing, Dies
Lam Wing-kee, founder of Hong Kong's Causeway Bay Books, recently passed away in Taiwan. The sequence...
After Lam Wing-kee’s Death, Reporters Without Borders Urges Sweden to Free Gui Minhai from China
Eleven years have passed since the Causeway Bay Books incident. Lam Wing-kee, the bookstore's founder...
Hong Kong Journalists Face Growing Pressure Under National Security Law, Oxford Report Finds
According to a report released by the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism at the University...
Freed But Not Free: Taiwan Publisher Fucha Still Trapped in China After Sentence Ends
Fucha (Li Yanhe), editor-in-chief of Taiwan-based publisher Gūsa Press, was sentenced by Chinese authorities...
Hong Kong Proposal Would Let Chief Executive Determine National Security Crimes
The Hong Kong government on Monday, June 8 proposed introducing subsidiary legislation under the Safeguarding...
Hong Kong Journalist Ronson Chan Jailed for Five Days for Obstructing a Plainclothes Officer in 2022
Former HKJA chairman Ronson Chan was convicted on May 29 in an old case involving him obstructing a plainclothes...
Chinese Security Repeatedly Blocked White House Press, Secret Service During Trump-Xi Beijing Summit
President Donald Trump completed his China visit on Friday, May 15, 2026, departing Beijing after a two-day...
Netanyahu Says Israel Will Sue the New York Times Over West Bank Sexual Violence Report
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday, May 14 that Israel will file a defamation...
Trump Press Corps Detained in Beijing at Xi Summit
Trump arrived in Beijing on the evening of May 13. According to the New York Post (NYP), the following...
Over 100 US Lawmakers Urge Trump To Secure Release Of Jimmy Lai Ahead Of China Visit
U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to visit China from May 14 to 15. More than 100 bipartisan members...
Hong Kong Ranks 140th in Global Press Freedom Index as China Remains Near Bottom
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) published the 2026 World Press Freedom Index on April 30. The report...