Monitoring press freedom and international affairs from Mid-Missouri Public Radio and the Missouri School of Journalism
Child marriage in Southeast Asia
By  • 8 November 2018
In late October, Malaysia’s Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad issued a directive to state officials: raise the minimum age for marriage to eighteen years old. The move came after a huge public outcry earlier this year…
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Singapore teenager who criticized ex-president awaits verdict
By  • 11 May 2015
[caption id="attachment_5179" align="alignright" width="207"] Amos Yee arriving in court, April 17, 2015. (EPA/The Straits Times)[/caption] A Singaporean teenager who criticized the country's former premier in a profanity-laced online video entitled "Lee Kuan Yew is finally…
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Singapore blogger convicted of 'contempt'
By  • 26 January 2015
A court in Singapore has convicted a prominent blogger and gay-rights activist of contempt of court over a 2013 article suggesting judges had manipulated the dates of a court challenge to a Singapore law banning…
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