Press Freedom
CPJ Updates
- Murders of journalists more than double worldwide
- Record number of journalists jailed worldwide
- Getting Away with Murder
- Covering police violence protests in the US
- Amid COVID-19, the prognosis for press freedom is dim. Here are 10 symptoms to track
- The Trump Administration and the Media
- About: The Trump Administration and the Media
- Trust deficit: About This Report
- Trust deficit: Guatemala’s new president must overcome skepticism to improve press freedom
Reporter Without Borders
- Guinea : RSF and AIPS call for release of two imprisoned journalists
- Russian peacekeepers deny foreign reporters access to Nagorno-Karabakh
- Stop funding Myanmar’s generals, RSF tells 10 multinationals
- RSF laureates support jailed Vietnamese journalist Pham Doan Trang
- Iran: Press freedom violations recounted in real time January 2020
- RSF decries arbitrary blocking of two CAR news websites
- Open judicial season on Moroccan journalists
- Harsh new crackdown on journalists in Belarus
OPC Condemns Arrest of Jimmy Lai
Photo: Hong Kong media tycoon and founder of Apple Daily newspaper Jimmy Lai arrives at the West Kowloon Magistrates’ Court on May 18, 2020 in Hong Kong, China. 15 pro-democracy veterans and supporters were charged on May 18 for taking part in one of the last year’s banned anti-government protest. Photo by Anthony Kwan/Getty Images
Jimmy Lai, the 71-year-old Hong Kong pro-Democracy media mogul, was arrested Monday under the new National Security Law. His newspaper offices were raided and Lai along with six others were charged with “suspicion of collusion with foreign forces,” according to news reports.
The Overseas Press Club condemns Lai’s arrest as it demonstrates the new National Security Law exists to deprive the Hong Kong-based media of press freedom.
The Overseas Press Club is an international association of journalists based in New York City that works to encourage the highest standards in journalism, to educate the next generation of foreign correspondents and to promote international press freedom and the well-being of colleagues in the field.