Censorship · September, 2019

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Censorship · September, 2019

Stories about Censorship from September, 2019

Censorship and online threats against the press spell trouble for the future of Pakistani journalism

From layoffs to violent threats, Pakistani journalists face tough challenges

Written by R Umaima Ahmed

29 September 2019

Press freedom watchdog dismisses China’s '70 Years of Progress on Human Rights’ as ‘smokescreen’

Critics say the text "purposely confuses development with human rights"

Written by Oiwan Lam

29 September 2019

Netizen Report: Anti-corruption protests across Egypt trigger internet blockages, arrests

Technology and human rights news from around the world.

Written by Ellery Roberts Biddle, Netizen Report Team

26 September 2019

Yale-NUS college draws criticism in Singapore after canceling a class on ‘dialogue and dissent’

"If we cannot make space and listen to the person that says no, then democracy dies. It’s that fundamental."

Written by Mong Palatino

19 September 2019

Once hotbeds of political resistance, Czech secondhand bookstores are slowly disappearing

The few surviving 'antikvariat' have turned into nostalgia museums

Written by Filip Noubel

18 September 2019

Netizen Report: Malicious attack takes Wikipedia offline

Technology and human rights news from around the world.

Written by Ellery Roberts Biddle, Netizen Report Team

13 September 2019

Locked down in Kashmir: A traveler's view

Many Kashmiris are imposing their own curfew, civil curfew.

Written by পান্থ রহমান রেজা (Pantha)

Translated by Rezwan

13 September 2019

Serbian member of pro-Kremlin biker club under investigation for assaulting a female journalist

The journalist's news portal also came under hacker attacks

Written by Filip Stojanovski

12 September 2019

Sedition charge against union leader sparks debate about freedom of speech in Trinidad and Tobago

Discussion rages: is the Sedition Act archaic or necessary?

Written by Jada Steuart

9 September 2019

Why we must keep shining a light on Turkmenistan

Reporting from this autocratic state is as hard as it is crucial

Written by Ruslan Myatiev

9 September 2019

Singapore prime minister sues independent news website for defamation

This is the latest example of the government's crackdown on independent media

Written by Mong Palatino

9 September 2019

Overnight music hit turns rappers into social justice heroes in Turkey

With over 10 million views and still trending, the song 'cannot stay silent' is making a deafening noise in Turkey and liberating the minds.

Written by Arzu Geybullayeva

7 September 2019

Netizen Report: Two years after fleeing military attacks in Myanmar, Rohingya refugees face mobile blackout in Bangladesh

Technology and human rights news from around the world.

Written by Ellery Roberts Biddle, Netizen Report Team

6 September 2019

How Turkey's broadcast regulator is taking over the supervision of online content

Turkish audiences are accustomed to blurred, deleted scenes

Written by Arzu Geybullayeva

6 September 2019

Hong Kong Reddit-like LIHKG faces unprecedented DDoS attacks redirected from Chinese Internet companies

Massive web traffics are redirected through two Chinese companies to pro-democracy web forum LIHKG from all over the world.

Written by Oiwan Lam

6 September 2019

Bangladesh cuts access to mobile phone services for the Rohingya

Government claims the ban will quell violence in refugee camps allegedly coordinated using cellphones

Written by Zara Rahman

3 September 2019

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