Monitoring press freedom and international affairs from Mid-Missouri Public Radio and the Missouri School of Journalism
China's surveillance state
By  • 19 September 2019
China has a long history of conducting surveillance on its population. Yet technology is now allowing the government to keep tabs on its people in ways that are perhaps unparalleled in human history. In particular,…
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Project Exile: Bangladeshi reporter makes new life in Sweden
By  • 11 January 2017
"I’m not the first or the last [Bangladeshi] journalist to be detained and tortured but I’m sort of the only one who spoke up." It was just after midnight on May 11, 2007 when a…
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Consequences for Kazakhstan's critical journalists
By  • 8 June 2015
Criminal libel suits, website blocking remain common. If you didn’t hear about Kazakhstan’s national election in April, you’re not alone. Even inside the central Asian country, the poll was barely covered by the media. As…
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Malaysia raises penalties for sedition law
By  • 16 April 2015
Malaysia's parliament has voted to strengthen a colonial-era sedition law criticized by the U.N. and human rights groups in a move that would give the government new powers to censor online media. The amendments approved April 10…
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Turkey tightens web censorship laws
By  • 19 September 2014
A newly approved Turkish law allows for officials to block any website at any time without a court order. President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan approved two legislative amendments Sept. 12 that tighten government control of the…
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