Pham Doan Trang was harassed for years by the Vietnamese police, and beaten. In a letter, she foretold her arrest and called for an end to one-party rule.
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Petition Targeting Murdoch Swamps Australian Parliament’s Website
More than 200,000 people signed a petition drawn up by a former prime minister calling for an examination of Rupert Murdoch’s media empire in Australia.
Indian Police Accuse Popular TV Station of Ratings Fraud
Republic TV has torn down critics and bolstered the Indian government. Now it is under a criminal investigation.
Russian Journalist Sets Herself on Fire and Dies, Blaming Government
The self-immolation by the journalist, Irina Slavina, 47, a longtime Kremlin critic, came a day after the authorities in her hometown of Nizhny Novgorod had searched her apartment.
After ‘The Salisbury Poisonings,’ Locals Picked Up the Pieces
A new AMC show dramatizes the 2018 poisoning of a former Russian spy in Britain. Even for a reporter who covered the real events, the four episodes contain revelations.
An Indigenous Canadian Journalist Was Covering a Protest. Then He Got Arrested.
He is one of four reporters arrested while covering Indigenous affairs in a country that has been trying to make amends for its colonial past.
Saying Goodbye to Australia
With an upcoming departure from Sydney, one Australian reporter reflects on the experience of home and the country’s culture of simple pleasures.
Fearing Detention, Two Australian Correspondents Flee China
The forced departures highlight souring relations between the two countries and Beijing’s increasingly heavy-handed tactics to limit independent journalism.
China Freezes Credentials for Journalists at U.S. Outlets, Hinting at Expulsions
CNN, The Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg News and Getty Images are affected. Chinese officials told journalists, who can still work, that their fate depends on what the United States does to Chinese media employees.