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  Authoritarian and illiberal-minded regimes are becoming increasingly emboldened in their efforts to stifle independent media, the International Press Institute (IPI) warned ahead of World Press Freedom Day 2021. Brutal crackdowns on the press are unfolding openly across the globe. After seizing power in a coup on February 1, Myanmar’s military junta has arrested more than 70 journalists, revoked licences of independent media outlets, and repeatedly blocked internet access. In Belarus, the regime of President Alexander Lukashenko launched a campaign to criminalize reporting on protests ag...

Press Freedom Day 2021: Attacks on press freedom growing bolder amid rising authoritarianism ...Collective action needed to stop domino effect of silencing independent media Listen to article Vienna, May 1 -- Authoritarian and illiberal-minded regimes are becoming increasingly emboldened in their efforts to stifle independent media, the International Press Institute (IPI) warned ahead of World Press Freedom Day 2021. Brutal crackdowns on the press are unfolding openly across the globe. After seizing power in a coup on February 1, Myanmar’s military junta has arrested more than 70 journalis...

Hong Kong’s Richest Man Li Ka-Shing Marginalized for Not Actively Supporting CCP A recent photo of Hong Kong’s richest man Li Ka-shing receiving a Pfizer vaccine instead of a China-made vaccine has once again drawn attention to the relationship between Li and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). On April 16, the Li Ka Shing Foundation posted a photo of Li receiving a CCP virus vaccine on its Facebook page, captioned: “I am getting my vaccination today, have you got yours?” Patrick Nip, Secretary for the Civil Service of Hong Kong, quickly responded by thanking Li for his support of Hong...

Jimmy Lai has described himself as 'Beijing’s number one enemy' Credit: Chan Long Hei/Bloomberg Hong Kong’s pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai has told his staff in a letter from jail that “freedom of speech is a dangerous job” and to “stand tall” just days before he is sentenced in two cases against him. It comes as fellow democracy activist Joshua Wong received a second jail sentence under the territory’s strict new national security law. Mr Lai, the 72-year-old founder of Apply Daily, is in custody after prosecutors appealed successfully against a court decision to grant h...

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