Ahmet Altan, an imprisoned Turkish writer and journalist, has topped the December 2020 ranking of the One Free Press Coalition’s “10 Most Urgent” list of press freedom cases. Altan, described by Amnesty International as a “prisoner of conscience”, was first arrested in September 2016 as part of the Turkish government’s media purge following the failed coup d’état. He was accused of encouraging planners of the coup with “subliminal messages” via … Read more →
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Facebook and Google ‘complicit’ in Vietnamese censorship campaign
A new report, published by Amnesty International, has accused tech giants Facebook and Google of “far-reaching complicity” for their role in enabling the repression of dissent in Vietnam. The 78-page report states that Facebook and YouTube are complicit in “censorship and repression on an industrial scale”, calling their operations an “alarming sign” of how these companies continue to function under repressive authoritarian governments. In April 2020, Facebook complied with a … Read more →
China’s disinfodemic reaches Australia
Australia has demanded an apology from a Chinese official, who posted a “repugnant” fake image, depicting an Australian soldier holding a knife to the throat of an Afghan child. The image appears to refer to a report which has found “credible information” that 25 Australian soldiers were involved in the murders of 39 Afghan … Read more →
France: Police use tear gas against protesters at demonstrations against new law
Tens of thousands took to the streets of France on 28 November to protest the new law which makes filming or photographing a police officer a criminal offence. Protestors were met with tear gas and violence from the police. What is the new law? Article 24 is an amendment to France’s global security legislation, proposed in October by President Macron’s ‘La République En Marche’ party and its ally, ‘Agir’. The … Read more →
‘Sham trial’ of 129 Cambodian dissidents begins
Cambodia’s Pnhom Penh municipal court has begun hearing the cases of 129 dissidents, activists, and opposition figures charged with treason for taking part in non-violent political activities, in what has been described as a “sham trial”. Most of the defendants are charged with conspiracy to commit treason and incitement to commit a felony, possibly facing up to 12 years in prison. Sam Sakong, one of the defence lawyers, expressed his … Read more →