Kim Ki Nam spent decades shaping the narrative of the totalitarian state and building a personality cult around the ruling Kim dynasty
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CATEGORY: Asia and Pacific
Burkina Faso has chosen the tool of the tyrant
A report into the death of 223 civilians in the African state has led to a clampdown on the media
We the screamers
The atrocity deniers are everywhere and we need to scream over them with the truth
India’s hate speech trackers are being blocked
Even from exile in the USA, a Kashmiri journalist critical of India’s ruling BJP is being silenced
Desperation mounts for Afghanistan’s persecuted journalists
A year on from our call to action in Spring 2023, the situation for journalists under the Taliban is bleaker than ever
When is a landslide not a landslide?
It’s a question which Vladimir Putin has clearly been thinking about after what would ordinarily be considered a decisive win in last week’s Russian presidential election
The journalists being threatened with artificial intelligence
Perpetrators of gender-based violence are wielding a new digital weapon against Pakistani journalists
Pakistan election surprise highlights ways to fight censorship
During the recent elections Pakistan saw internet blackouts and a media narrative dictated by the military. But opposition leaders showed how to fight back
China’s feminists walk a tightrope
Within China’s extremely censored environment, some conversations on feminism are seemingly untouched while others are shut down straight away. There’s a cruel logic behind this
Why a manipulated image of a politician is the tip of the AI-ceberg
The role of traditional media as a trusted source of news is under threat from artificial intelligence as this story from Australia shows