What’s new and old in 2024: Repressive laws, attacks, and election disinformation in Asia
January 2024 in Asia-Pacific: A free expression round up produced by IFEX’s regional editor Mong Palatino, based on IFEX member reports and news from the region.
Looking ahead: Censorship, AI, disinformation, and repression undermining elections
IFEX Asia & Pacific Regional Editor Mong Palatino takes us on a tour of some of the challenges, trends, and prospects related to freedom of expression and democracy in the region.
A massive data breach, a TikTok ban, a mass crackdown, and ‘overpolicing free speech’
November 2023 in Asia-Pacific: A free expression round up produced by IFEX’s regional editor Mong Palatino, based on IFEX member reports and news from the region.
Elusive justice: Combatting election disinformation and impunity; journalists freed in China and Afghanistan
Special International Day to End Impunity Issue: Mong Palatino’s latest Asia and Pacific brief shines a light on the intersections between impunity, journalists’ safety, and elections, based on IFEX member reports and news from the region.
Access to information, escape from China, revival of broadcast and resilient media voices
Special Issue: Mong Palatino brings an access to information focus to his latest regional brief, based on IFEX member reports and news from the region.
Two years of Taliban and a ‘love letter’ from China
August 2023 in Asia-Pacific: A free expression round up produced by IFEX’s regional editor Mong Palatino, based on IFEX member reports and news from the region.
A surge in cross-border repression, Manipur’s internet shutdowns, Cambodia’s elections, and defying the Taliban
July 2023 in Asia-Pacific: A free expression round up produced by IFEX’s regional editor Mong Palatino, based on IFEX member reports and news from the region.
Repression and resistance in Asia: ‘Freedom will always win’
June 2023 in Asia-Pacific: A free expression round up produced by IFEX’s regional editor Mong Palatino, based on IFEX member reports and news from the region.
Pakistan’s crisis, Hong Kong’s library purge, Chinese censorship (no laughing matter) and some good news
May 2023 in Asia-Pacific: A free expression round up produced by IFEX’s regional editor Mong Palatino, based on IFEX member reports and news from the region.
Fiji’s media victory, Vietnam’s “Kafkaesque trial”, and World Press Freedom Day in the Asia-Pacific
Asia-Pacific: A free expression round up produced by IFEX’s regional editor Mong Palatino, based on IFEX member reports and news from the region
A win in Mongolia, interviews spotlight China, Vietnam, and India, and a spate of attacks against journalists
March 2023 in Asia-Pacific: A free expression round up produced by IFEX’s regional editor Mong Palatino, based on IFEX member reports and news from the region
Women push back in Pakistan, coup anniversary, BBC raid, and silencing independent media across Asia
February 2023 in Asia-Pacific: A special feature on campaigning for women’s empowerment in Pakistan plus the latest free expression news from the region, produced by IFEX’s Regional Editor Mong Palatino.
New Year: A cruel carousel in Myanmar, Ressa’s acquittal “in the upside down”, a quiet crackdown in China, and censored videos
January 2023 in Asia-Pacific: A free expression round up produced by IFEX’s regional editor Mong Palatino, based on IFEX member reports and news from the region.
A year of pushing back against misogyny, censorship, and tyranny in Asia
IFEX’s Asia and Pacific Regional Editor showcases some of the exceptional and inspiring pushbacks against attempts to suppress freedom of expression, human rights and democracy that the region witnessed last year.