Journalism is not seditious. Let’s be clear: all they are guilty of is doing journalism. This oppressive ruling shows #HongKong is descending further into authoritarianism #StandWithStandNews

#HongKong: CPJ condemns Thursday’s conviction of former Stand News editors Patrick Lam and Chung Pui-kuen on charges of conspiracy to publish seditious publications and calls on authorities to stop using anti-state charges against journalists. cpj.org/2024/08/cpj-co…

Journalist Allan Au was going to teach 5 courses at The Chinese University of Hong Kong - CUHK journalism school, but its website now shows he's "on leave". CUHK says he applied for leave on personal grounds. Some of Au's articles for now-defunct Stand News were deemed "seditious". news.mingpao.com/ins/%E6%B8%AF%…

Hong Kong secretary for security Chris Tang sent letters to Ming Pao and Wall Street Journal complaining about their commentaries on the Stand News case rfa.org/cantonese/news…

Honoured that Committee to Protect Journalists is to be recognised by SIP • IAPA with its 2024 Chapultepec Grand Prize. >The IAPA Awards the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) with the 2024 Chapultepec Grand Prize en.sipiapa.org/c1216654

INDIA: “We are extremely concerned by the opacity surrounding the proposed law & its enactment process, & urge authorities to be transparent to ensure the bill is not tantamount to online censorship,” said @cpjasia program coordinator Beh Lih Yi 馬麗怡 cpj.org/2024/08/cpj-ur…

Zhang Zhan, citizen journalist who kept the world informed about Covid-19 in Wuhan, has been detained *again* after serving trumped-up jail time. She's believed to be held in Shanghai Pudong New District Detention Center. Zhang should be freed.

#India: Thursday marks seven years since the murder of journalist Gauri Lankesh. The lack of any convictions in the protracted legal proceedings creates a chilling effect on the media. CPJ urges the #Karnataka state government to prioritize the establishment of a dedicated court

China: The EU is concerned about reports that Chinese citizen journalist Zhang Zhan has been detained again and held at Shanghai Pudong Detention Center. We call for her immediate and unconditional release and reiterate our earlier concerns about her wellbeing & health.

7 years ago today, Indian journalist Gauri Lankesh was murdered - a killing that highlights the dangers faced by journalists & fact-checkers worldwide for investigating disinformation Thanks to our Committee to Protect Journalists partner Forbidden Stories for pursuing her unfinished work #EndImpunity

#HongKong: CPJ supports the Media Freedom Coalition statement by 23 countries including 🇦🇺🇯🇵🇨🇦🇩🇪🇬🇧🇺🇸 condemning the guilty verdict against two former editors of Stand News and reiterates our call that no journalists should be persecuted for doing their job

#Vietnam: A Hanoi court sentenced journalist Nguyen Vu Binh to seven years in prison on Tuesday on charges of propaganda against the state. cpj.org/2024/09/vietna…

#China: Women Press Freedom strongly condemns the continued harassment of 张展 by Chinese authorities. We have been monitoring Zhan's case since her initial detention in 2020 for reporting on COVID-19. After serving a four-year prison sentence, she was released on May

UN Secretary-General raises concern over China’s reprisals against Jimmy Lai, his son and international legal team. Our response: doughtystreet.co.uk/news/un-secret… Support Jimmy Lai #FreeJimmyLai Jonathan Price Tatyana Eatwell Jen Robinson Sarah Dobbie

#Philippines: Ex-governor Joel Reyes - main suspect wanted in the murder of broadcast journalist Gerry Ortega - has surrendered to the authorities. There must be a swift and impartial trial. Justice delayed is justice denied #EndImpunity cpj.org/2024/03/cpj-pa…

CPJ, partners call for swift trial after ex-governor surrenders over Philippine journalist’s murder cpj.org/?p=415959

Arrest of Joel Reyes should lead to justice for Doc Gerry Ortega The NUJP welcomes the arrest of former Palawan Gov. Joel Reyes, the alleged mastermind in the killing of Doc Gerry Ortega in 2011 and who had been at large since before the 2022 elections.

A Safer World for the Truth hopes for a swift and impartial trial of Joel T. Reyes, the alleged mastermind in the killing of Gerry Ortega. Free Press Unlimited CPJ Asia RSF_Asia-Pacific

#Philippines: CPJ Committee to Protect Journalists with our A Safer World For The Truth partners Free Press Unlimited RSF call for a swift and impartial trial after fugitive ex-governor Joel T. Reyes surrendered to authorities in connection with the 2011 murder of journalist Gerry Ortega

**BREAKING** Urgent Appeal on Jimmy Lai’s prison conditions filed with UN Special Rapporteur on Torture. Read our statement here, with response from Sebastien Lai & Caoilfhionn Gallagher KC (Caoilfhionn Gallagher KC): doughtystreet.co.uk/news/jimmy-lai… #FreeJimmyLai UN Special Procedures