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The Taliban forced Afghan TV workers into hiding. Now they’re asking Hollywood for help

Television industry employees once used their programs to address progressive ideas. Many are now out of work and fearful to leave their homes

‘Countdown to war’: how the papers covered fears of an imminent Ukraine invasion

Front pages focus on the diplomatic efforts of Boris Johnson and Olaf Scholz amid warnings Russia could invade within days

‘We’ll keep reporting, whatever the risk from the junta,’ say Myanmar’s journalists

To avoid arrest, the staff of the 74 Media left their home city, only to face shellfire in their border refuge.

New Zealand defends strict Covid quarantine after pregnant journalist ‘had to turn to Taliban’ for help

Charlotte Bellis, a journalist, says she was forced to return to Afghanistan after her application was met with ‘clauses and technicalities and confusion’

Foreign journalists in China subject to rising intimidation, survey finds

Report says heightened dangers have prompted at least six to leave and many others to develop emergency exit plans

Jamal Khashoggi killers living in luxury villas in Riyadh, say witnesses

Exclusive: Reports of hit squad members living freely casts further doubt on Saudi claims that justice has been served

‘She stood in silence, remembering’: photographing Gaza under airstrikes

Fatima Shbair’s photo of a girl in her ruined home is an indelible image of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict’s resurgence in MayRead more in our series: Forgotten human rights crises 2021For 11 days in May, Fatima Shbair hardly slept.

China deletes social media accounts of ‘livestreaming queen’

Huang Wei, known by username Viya, was ordered to pay record $200m tax evasion fine

‘The Taliban say they’ll kill me if they find me’: a female reporter still on the run speaks out

We return to the story of a journalist forced to flee as Afghanistan fell to the Taliban in August.

China’s troll king: how a tabloid editor became the voice of Chinese nationalism

Hu Xijin is China’s most famous propagandist. At the Global Times, he helped establish a chest-thumping new tone for China on the world stage – but can he keep up with the forces he has unleashed?

‘This is our voice’: The Uyghur traditions being erased by China’s cultural crackdown

Ancient shrines, oral folklore and hip-hop cyphers are all part of a rich artistic heritage being ‘hollowed out’ in Xinjiang, say Uyghur exiles and scholars

Man arrested in Paris over Jamal Khashoggi killing is released

Officials say Saudi national has ‘nothing to do with the case’ and arrest was a case of mistaken identity

Journalists in China face ‘nightmare’ worthy of Mao era, press freedom group says

Reporters Without Borders calls increasing media oppression in China a ‘great leap backwards’ and says Hong Kong journalism is ‘in freefall’

French police arrest man in connection with Jamal Khashoggi killing

Police say man, named as Khalid Aedh al-Otaibi, was arrested as he was about to board flight from Paris to Riyadh

Al Jazeera bureau chief arrested in Sudan amid deadly anti-coup protests

Toll from Saturday’s demonstrations rises to seven with death of 13-year-old girl as news outlet calls for journalist’s release

Hong Kong denies visa to Economist journalist in latest media blow

Sue-lin Wong becomes latest foreign journalist to be forced out of the city as concerns about press access and freedoms grow

‘An emblem of Scotland’: how Irn-Bru stole the show at Cop26

Scottish fizzy drink already had deal shutting out rivals, but praise from Sturgeon and AOC was golden marketing moment

Jailed Wuhan journalist Zhang Zhan nominated for RSF press freedom award

Chinese citizen journalist recognised for her reporting in early weeks of pandemic in face of threatsCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThe detained Chinese journalist Zhang Zhan has been nominated for a Reporters Without Borders (RSF) press freedom award for courage, recognising her work reporting from Wuhan in the early weeks of the pandemic, as calls grow for her release.

China accused of blocking media access to Winter Olympics

Foreign media say authorities have blocked requests for access and harassed reporters

Climate crisis is real but you wouldn’t know from watching Fox Weather

The new sister channel of climate denialist Fox News isn’t following suit – it’s just avoiding the subject altogether

Colombia found responsible for 2000 kidnap and torture of journalist

Inter-American court of human rights rules Colombia was ‘internationally responsible’ for violation of Jineth Bedoya’s rights

Social media ‘bringing antisemitic ideas to new generation’

Antisemitism ‘allowed to flourish’ on platforms whose users are mainly younger people, says research

From the archives: Inside China’s audacious global propaganda campaign – podcast

We are raiding the Audio Long Read archives to bring you some classic pieces from years past, with new introductions from the authors.

Russia’s FSB seeks to arrest journalist who worked with Bellingcat

Roman Dobrokhotov, founder of the Insider, who worked on high-profile cases has been placed on a wanted list

Putin’s crackdown: how Russia’s journalists became ‘foreign agents’

Will an oppressive new law stifle independent media outlets – or lead to a weakening of the president’s authoritarian regime?

Alt-right finds new partners in hate on China’s internet

Populists and nationalists are spreading anti-Muslim, anti-feminist messages – but also backing the Communist party line

Trudeau accuses far-right website of spreading vaccine misinformation

Canadian PM’s response to Rebel Media goes viral after court victory allows them to attend election debate

Afghan journalists describe violent Taliban beatings when reporting on protests – video

Two reporters from Kabul have said they were beaten for about 10 minutes by at least six men then locked in a cell, after reporting on protests in Panjshir valley. An acting Taliban minister, who declined to be identified, said attacks on journalists would be investigated.

China bans reality talent shows to curb behaviours of ‘idol’ fandoms

Broadcasters ordered not to promote ‘sissy’ men in attempt to reshape country’s entertainment industry

Female TV anchor who interviewed Taliban flees Afghanistan

Beheshta Arghand, now in Qatar, says militants started targeting women soon after takeover

Why won’t US TV news say ‘climate change’? | Mark Hertsgaard

It’s media malpractice not to mention that burning fossil fuels drives extreme weather events like Hurricane Ida

Ex-BBC journalists in Kabul say corporation ignored pleas for help

Fourteen Afghans including presenters, reporters and producers are now in hiding from the Taliban

How social media helped the tech-savvy Taliban retake Afghanistan | Weeda Mehran

Online communities are not just used for propaganda but are valuable fundraising tools and crucial to recruitment

Relative of Deutsche Welle journalist killed by Taliban

German broadcaster urges government to support Afghans working with western media

UK news media repeat call to evacuate Afghan journalists

PM and foreign secretary asked to rapidly ensure safety of those who worked for British mediaOpen letter urges Boris Johnson to make good on promiseBritish media organisations have again urged the government to evacuate Afghan journalists and translators who worked with UK media outlets, with many local staff fearing Taliban reprisals.

Open letter urges Boris Johnson to act on promise and evacuate Afghan journalists

The Guardian and other UK media demand action for those who have helped report from Afghanistan

Nicaraguan police raid opposition newspaper La Prensa

Only remaining print paper raided as part of ‘customs fraud and money laundering’ investigation

‘I pray for her’: Australian broadcaster Cheng Lei no closer to release a year after being detained in China

Friends rally support from Canberra to Washington to ask Chinese government to show compassion to Lei who is separated from her children

Julian Assange loses court battle to stop US expanding extradition appeal

Judges say psychiatric expert report can form part of Washington’s full appeal

Chinese media in fake news claims over Swiss scientist critical of US

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ABC’s Louise Milligan to pay Liberal MP Andrew Laming more than $80,000 after defamation claim

Investigative journalist agrees to settlement after series of tweets in which she suggested the federal MP took a photo of a woman ‘under her skirt’Get our free news app; get our morning email briefingThe ABC investigative journalist Louise Milligan has agreed to pay Andrew Laming $79,000 plus legal costs for a series of tweets in which she suggested the federal Liberal MP had taken a photo of a woman “under her skirt”.

Polish government’s media bill is latest move to silence its critics

Analysis: legislation is likely to target US-owned broadcaster as press freedom continues to deteriorate

Mexican cartel threatens to kill TV news anchor over ‘unfair’ coverage

Members of Jalisco New Generation cartel circulate video threatening Milenio Television and anchor Azucena Uresti

Jonathan Steele: ‘I came to Russia a political correspondent and left a crime reporter’

The veteran journalist, who moved to Moscow in 1988, charted the collapse of a superpower. But, he tells his successor, the Gorbachev revolution has been poisoned

Belarus regime steps up ‘purge’ of activists and media

Alexander Lukashenko leading ‘vicious operation to eviscerate critical voices’ and civil society, rights groups warn

I covered Hong Kong for decades. Now I am forced to flee China’s ‘white terror’ | Steve Vines

After 35 years, the Observer’s former correspondent is leaving as what was once a haven of liberty and peace is transformed into a police stateWhen I arrived in Hong Kong in 1987 as the Observer’s south-east Asia correspondent, the foreign editor said he saw it as being a base, not the kind of territory that would generate much news but it was a safe place to be, communications were good and I was unlikely to have any visa problems.

UK agrees to consider providing safe haven for Afghan journalists

U-turn over those who worked for British media follows outcry from newspapers and broadcasters

China’s Tencent tightens games controls for children after state media attack

Article called online gaming ‘spiritual opium’ in what many fear is latest target of regulatory interferenceTencent game time curbs will shock markets but please parentsTencent, the Chinese tech giant, has announced it will curb the time children spend playing its flagship computer game after its shares were sent into a tailspin by state media attacks againstthe gaming industry for peddling “spiritual opium”.

Foreign journalists harassed in China over floods coverage

Reporters confronted in street and accused of ‘smearing China’ amid increasing sensitivity to any negative portrayals of China

Russia names Bellingcat reporting partner a ‘foreign agent’

Move against the Insider seen as revenge for part in revealing Kremlin’s role in Salisbury and other assassination attempts

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The Taliban forced Afghan TV workers into hiding. Now they’re asking Hollywood for help

Television industry employees once used their programs to address progressive ideas. Many are now out of work and fearful to leave their homes

‘Countdown to war’: how the papers covered fears of an imminent Ukraine invasion

Front pages focus on the diplomatic efforts of Boris Johnson and Olaf Scholz amid warnings Russia could invade within days

‘We’ll keep reporting, whatever the risk from the junta,’ say Myanmar’s journalists

To avoid arrest, the staff of the 74 Media left their home city, only to face shellfire in their border refuge.

New Zealand defends strict Covid quarantine after pregnant journalist ‘had to turn to Taliban’ for help

Charlotte Bellis, a journalist, says she was forced to return to Afghanistan after her application was met with ‘clauses and technicalities and confusion’

Foreign journalists in China subject to rising intimidation, survey finds

Report says heightened dangers have prompted at least six to leave and many others to develop emergency exit plans

‘Let us eat cake’: how UK newspapers reacted to latest No 10 party claims

Daily Mail remains a Boris Johnson backer but same cannot be said of its sister outletA full list of alleged partiesWhat were the rules in June 2020?Coronavirus – latest global updatesThe print edition of the Daily Mail has remained one of Boris Johnson’s strongest backers in the media, even as other rightwing news outlets – including its sister outlet MailOnline – are increasingly critical of the beleaguered prime minister.

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