The Self-Censorship Myth
I am very happy to announce that self-censorship, a phenomenon that has been disturbing the journalistic circle in Hong Kong for many years, is dead. As a matter of fact, it never existed. Let’s be realistic. We should stop calling the sickness “self-censorship” and name it what it really is‹censorship. Front-line journalists seldom censor themselves.…
The Tail of the Dragon
Two intrepid Chinese women‹one a naturalized American working as a reporter in New York, the other a former Beijing business writer now serving a six-year sentence in a Chinese jail‹have helped define what is at stake for East Asia and the world now that the Hong Kong press is under the formal sway of the…
The Tail of the Dragon
Two intrepid Chinese women–one a naturalized American working as a reporter in New York, the other a former Beijing business writer now serving a six-year sentence in a Chinese jail–have helped define what is at stake for East Asia and the world now that the Hong Kong press is under the formal sway of the…
YING CHAN and SHIEH CHUNG-LIANG
YING CHAN AND SHIEH CHUNG-LIANG, U.S. correspondent and contributing editor, and Taiwan bureau chief, respectively, of the Hong Kong magazine Yazhou Zhoukan (Asia Week), were the first journalists to point the way toward the role of Taiwan money in the unfolding investigation into Asian influence on U.S. elections. With Chan investigating the U.S. angle and…
The Tail of the Dragon
Two intrepid Chinese women–one a naturalized American who works as a reporter in New York, the other a former Beijing business writer now serving a six-year sentence in a Chinese jail–have helped define what is at stake for East Asia and the world when the Hong Kong press comes under the formal sway of the…
The Israel-Gaza conflict’s toll on journalists
The Israel-Gaza conflict has taken a severe toll on journalists since Hamas launched its unprecedented attack against Israel on October 7 and Israel declared war on the militant Palestinian group, launching strikes on the blockaded Gaza Strip. “CPJ emphasizes that journalists are civilians doing important work during times of crisis and must not be targeted…
Tipping the scales: Journalists’ lawyers face retaliation around the globe
The smears began the day Christian Ulate began representing jailed Guatemalan journalist José Rubén Zamora: tweets accusing the lawyer of being a leftist or questioning his legal credentials. He began to fear he was being surveilled. Ulate had taken over the case in August 2022 from two other lawyers, Romeo Montoya García and Mario Castañeda,…
Jimmy Lai marks 1,000 days in jail
CPJ joined 10 other press freedom and human rights groups on Monday in calling on British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to take immediate and decisive action to secure the release of Jimmy Lai, founder of the now-shuttered pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily and a British citizen. Lai, 75, has spent more than 1,000 days behind bars…
CPJ, partners call on British PM to push for Jimmy Lai’s freedom as he marks 1,000 days in jail
The Committee to Protect Journalists joined 10 other press freedom and human rights groups on Monday in calling on British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to take immediate and decisive action to secure the release of Jimmy Lai, founder of the now-shuttered pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily and a British citizen. On Tuesday, 75-year-old Lai will have…
100 days since Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich was detained in Russia
Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich will have spent 100 days behind bars as of Friday, July 7. Gershkovich, the newspaper’s accredited Russia correspondent, was reporting when he was detained and falsely accused of espionage. His employer vehemently denies the allegations, and CPJ, media organizations, and the U.S. government have called for his immediate release….