Maung Yu Py, a well known name in Burmese poetry circles, remains in Myeik prison despite the release of 2,300 anti-coup protestors
Myanmar keeps it poets locked up despite prisoner release
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CATEGORY: Asia and Pacific
As Apple Daily looks set to close down, speech crime comes to Hong Kong
The national security law has been used against journalists for the first time
Why journalists and dissidents turn to Telegram
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]As you scroll through your Telegram feed, one image jumps out. It shows crowds of young Hong Kongers, all dressed...
“Tiananmen Square cemented my commitment to equality and justice”
Our CEO Ruth Smeeth was just nine when the image of Tank Man echoed around the world but it changed her views forever
Tiananmen candlelights a sight too beautiful to last
Hong Kong will be dark on the anniversary of the massacre this 4 June as the National Security Law bites
“The CCP will one day fall” – Ma Jian’s words give us hope
The author spoke at this week’s spring magazine launch
Contents – China’s global brand: a century of silencing dissent
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Index looks back on 100 years of the Chinese Communist Party and how their censorship laws continue to shape the...
The human face and the boot
Celebrated author Ma Jian reflects on the terrible legacy of the Chinese Communist Party in its centenary year
Myanmar: Poets, celebrities and journalists detained by military
The popular poet and comedian Zarganar, and the co-founder of news channel Mizzima have been detained as junta continues crackdown
The harassment of international journalists in China is becoming normalised
Index stands in support of the BBC’s China correspondent John Sudworth who has fled to Taiwan with his family
Xinjiang: “I have no regrets on speaking out”
Newcastle University academic Dr Joanne Smith Finley believes that China has lost “an erstwhile ally” in sanctioning her
Why what is happening in Hong Kong and Xinjiang is not an internal affair
People are being arrested, being disappeared and are dying on our watch
