Drug violence and government corruption have put the country’s journalists in peril. In one town, reporters tried to fight back.
Tag: Freedom of the Press
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Police Chief Behind Marion County Record Raid is Suspended
Gideon Cody, who orchestrated a widely criticized raid on The Marion County Record, was suspended indefinitely, a city official said on Saturday.
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A Chinese Journalist Gave #MeToo Victims a Voice. Now She’s on Trial.
Huang Xueqin, the journalist, and Wang Jianbing, a labor activist, have been accused of inciting subversion as the authorities expand a campaign to quash dissent.
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The Underground Historians Keeping the Truth Alive in China
They work under the shadow of the Communist Party — but they prove that independent thought can’t be stamped out by even the most repressive regime.
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A Crackdown on Free Speech in Jordan
A satirical Arabic website, much like The Onion, poked fun at a royal wedding in Jordan in June. Not long after, it was blocked. “We’re totally backsliding,” said one cartoonist in the kingdom.