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Spotlight: Digital Rights Attacks Asia & Pacific Gender

Twitter crackdown, defamation surge, electoral attacks, encryption, and transgender bill opposition

Twitter crackdown, defamation surge, electoral attacks, encryption, and transgender bill opposition

3 January 2019
Mong Palatino for IFEX. Based on IFEX member reports

China's social media crackdown, a surge in worrying defamation cases in Southeast Asia, press freedom violations during Bangladesh polls, encryption legislation in Australia, and transgender bill opposition in India.

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Asia-Pacific in November: Hong Kong freedom under siege, APEC, Rappler indictment, and same-sex marriage referendum loss in Taiwan

Hong Kong's free speech under attack, media restrictions at APEC summit, Rappler indicted, Shahidul Alam freed on bail, Pakistan court overturns blasphemy conviction, and disappointing referendum loss for same-sex marriage advocates in Taiwan.

‎ Mong Palatino for IFEX. Based on IFEX member reports ‎ 5 December 2018

Asia & Pacific

#MeTooIndia, Mother Mushroom, the disappeared Interpol chief and more

#MeToo inspires Indian journalists to speak out, Vietnamese blogger ‘Mother Mushroom’ released, Hong Kong’s freedoms under threat, Sri Lanka's political crisis, and more

‎ Mong Palatino for IFEX. Based on IFEX member reports ‎29 October 2018

Attacks Digital Rights Free Expression & the Law Asia & Pacific Gender

Outrage over jailed journalists and activists, two big wins for LGBTQI+, and more

Protests take place in Burma, Bangladesh, Cambodia, and West Papua; new laws threaten online free expression in Malaysia, Bangladesh, and Nepal; and same-sex relations decriminalized in India, as Hong Kong starts process of recognising same-sex spouses in visa proceedings.

‎ Mong Palatino for IFEX. Based on IFEX member reports ‎ 1 October 2018

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Freedom and Fury: Tep Vanny, "Fake News" law repealed, LGBTQI portraits removed

‎ Mong Palatino for IFEX

Attacks Asia & Pacific Gender 4 September 2018
Religious freedom declines in Southeast Asia

‎ Southeast Asian Press Alliance (SEAPA)

Attacks Censorship Asia & Pacific 28 August 2018
Cheers and jeers: Tainted elections, Liu Xia's release, and court rulings in the Asia-Pacific

‎ Mong Palatino for IFEX

Attacks Free Expression & the Law Asia & Pacific 31 July 2018
New cybersecurity & terrorism laws erode rights; women fight back; & more media killings: Asia-Pacific

‎ Mong Palatino for IFEX

Digital Rights Asia & Pacific Gender 4 July 2018
Malaysia's election, Afghan attacks, defiant newspapers: Asia-Pacific in May

‎ Mong Palatino for IFEX

Digital Rights Asia & Pacific Gender 4 June 2018
Clampdowns and courage: The challenge for South Asia's media

‎ International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), Federation of Nepali Journalists, Free Media Movement

Impunity Asia & Pacific Gender 9 May 2018
Fake news laws, letters to Facebook, and a decline in press freedom rankings: Asia-Pacific in April

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Digital Rights Censorship Free Expression & the Law Asia & Pacific Gender 1 May 2018
Women march, an eye-roll breaks the Chinese internet, and worrying new legislation

‎ Mong Palatino for IFEX

Digital Rights Attacks Asia & Pacific Gender 3 April 2018
Protests and a court victory amid state of emergency, constitutional amendments and media attacks: Asia-Pacific in February

‎ Mong Palatino for IFEX

Digital Rights Attacks Free Expression & the Law Asia & Pacific 1 March 2018
Refugee and journalist: Who are the 'infogees' in Oceania?

‎ Pacific Freedom Forum (PFF)

Attacks Free Expression & the Law Asia & Pacific 5 February 2018
Asia-Pacific welcomes the new year – with declining freedom

‎ Mong Palatino for IFEX

Impunity Digital Rights Attacks Censorship Free Expression & the Law Asia & Pacific Gender 2 February 2018
Defiant cartoonists, detained foreign journalists, and 'recalcitrant' activists: December in Asia-Pacific

‎ Mong Palatino for IFEX

Attacks Free Expression & the Law Freedom of Assembly Asia & Pacific 5 January 2018
Blackouts to attacks: South Asia in 2017

‎ Global Voices Advox

Attacks Digital Rights Censorship Asia & Pacific 2 January 2018
Campaign Snapshot: "Byte back" against online harassment of women

‎ Produced in conversation with Alex Hearne in November 2017

Digital Rights Attacks Asia & Pacific Gender 17 December 2017
Ending impunity and defending democracy: November in Asia-Pacific

‎ Mong Palatino for IFEX

International Impunity Attacks Asia & Pacific 4 December 2017
Trump abandons commitment to press freedom abroad

‎ Reporters Without Borders (RSF)

United States Attacks Censorship Asia & Pacific 20 November 2017
Blocked, banned and muzzled: Asia's tough month

‎ Mong Palatino for IFEX

Digital Rights Attacks Asia & Pacific 31 October 2017
Media murders, illegal anonymity & toxic politics: September in Asia/Pacific

‎ Mong Palatino for IFEX

Impunity Digital Rights Asia & Pacific 2 October 2017
Historic court victories on right to privacy in India and LGBTQI+ in South Korea

‎ Mong Palatino for IFEX

Digital Rights Asia & Pacific Gender 30 August 2017
Death in custody of a Nobel laureate, sentencing bloggers, and Pakistan's UN review

‎ Mong Palatino for IFEX

Digital Rights Free Expression & the Law Asia & Pacific 1 August 2017
Freedom on a leash for Liu Xiaobo, Hong Kong protests, and a cruel prison sentence for blogger 'Me Nam'

‎ Gayathry Venkiteswaran for IFEX

Digital Rights Free Expression & the Law Asia & Pacific 4 July 2017
Asia & Pacific in three minutes

‎ Gayathry Venkiteswaran for IFEX

Digital Rights Free Expression & the Law Asia & Pacific 3 June 2017
The month in Asia Pacific in three minutes

‎ Gayathry Venkiteswaran for IFEX

Attacks Digital Rights Asia & Pacific 8 May 2017
New fronts, brave voices: Press freedom in South Asia

‎ International Federation of Journalists

Impunity Attacks Digital Rights Asia & Pacific 8 May 2017
The devastating decline of free expression and press freedom in Southeast Asia

‎ Southeast Asian Press Alliance

Attacks Digital Rights World Press Freedom Day Asia & Pacific 3 May 2017
"Fake news" used to justify tighter media laws in Southeast Asia

‎ Global Voices

Digital Rights Censorship Asia & Pacific 10 April 2017

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The Campaign for Justice: Press Freedom in South Asia 2013-14

Journalism in South Asia is far from an easy profession, as the 12th annual review of journalism in the region "The Campaign for Justice: Press Freedom in South Asia 2013-14" portrays. But this year's report also tells the story of the courage of South Asia's journalists to defend press freedom and to ensure citizens' right to information and freedom of expression in the face of increasing challenges to the profession and personal safety.

International Federation of Journalists 3 May 2014
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The report is the first created by the South Asia Media Solidarity Network (SAMSN) looking specifically at the experience of women journalists in the South Asia sub-region

International Federation of Journalists 13 March 2014
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