censorship

Reporters Without Borders has called on the Chinese authorities to reverse their decision to expel three journalists from the Wall Street Journal based in Beijing because of an opinion piece the newspaper published about China’s handling of the coronavirus epidemic.

Tanzania’s repression of the media, human rights defenders and opposition parties has intensified since 2015 in a ruthless clampdown on human rights, Amnesty International says in a new report.

As almost no advertising revenue is available from a fledgling private sector independent of the government, this advertising ban poses a grave threat to the media group’s economic viability.

The system prohibits former intelligence-agency employees and military personnel from writing or speaking about topics related to their government service without first obtaining government approval.