Liu Yanli, a popular celebrity Chinese blogger, was recently sentenced to a 4-year jail term by a local court. The 45-year-old was charged with “picking quarrels and provoking trouble” when all she did was criticize some actions of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and its leaders. Jailing Liu Yanli The court found Liu guilty of ...
The British government is considering setting up a regulator for Internet content, which will be tasked with overseeing websites and essentially deciding which of them should be allowed in the country and which should be blocked. Many fear that this might eventually lead to the erosion of free speech. A risk to free speech The ...
A Taiwanese man is expected to face trial in Thailand for his “crime” of hosting a radio station that broadcast uncensored news to people in China. Beijing is believed to have applied pressure on Thai authorities to arrest the man. This is just another example of China’s censorship tactics. The trial The victim, Chiang Yung-Hsin ...
With President Recep Tayyip Erdogan consolidating power within Turkey’s administration, the crackdown and governmental control on the press has become a common feature in the country. Any journalist with an opinion contrary to the government is quickly shut down by the administration. Since the beginning of 2019, the government has denied renewing the accreditation of ...
Li Bifeng, Chinese author, poet, and activist, has been working toward democracy in China for decades, where free speech is not tolerated. He wrote a report in 1998 about a courageous sit-in of a group of textile workers on a Chinese highway. This report on the workers’ protest, along with his involvement in the Tiananmen ...
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