Freedom of Press

Free and Open Indo-Pacific/FOIP
IPDForumFebruary 23, 2025
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Report exposes CCP human rights abuses throughout 2024

FORUM Staff A prominent Chinese economist disappeared after privately criticizing the People’s Republic of China’s (PRC) weakening economy, The Wall Street Journal newspaper reported in September 2024. In mid-December, a Tibetan village chief died three days after his release from prison on charges of “endangering state security.” His crime, according to the Central Tibetan Administration, was championing preservation of the…
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Conflicts - Tensions
IPDForumJanuary 9, 2024
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Hong Kong begins 2024 on anti-democracy drive

FORUM Staff When the trial of media mogul Jimmy Lai began December 18, 2023, in Hong Kong, some called it a landmark test of free speech under the former British colony’s draconian national security law. Others, such as Lai’s son, Sebastien, called it a sham trial. Jimmy Lai, 76, the pro-democracy publisher of the now-defunct Apple Daily newspaper, is charged…
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