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From: The Listening Post
Assad: The rehabilitation of a war criminal
Syria’s president returns to Arab League after years of spin and war crimes denial. Plus covering Ecuador’s narco trade.
Video Duration 24 minutes 50 seconds
Published On 27 May 2023
UK says raised Jimmy Lai security law case with China
The Hong Kong media tycoon has been in jail since December 2020 and faces long-delayed security law trial in September.
Published On 26 May 2023
Tunisia court frees radio station head arrested in crackdown
Several Mosaique FM journalists have been under scrutiny as Saied’s government cracks down on critics.
Published On 25 May 2023
As India holds G20 meet, ‘brutal’ Kashmir media crackdown slammed
The Committee to Protect Journalists demands ‘immediate release of four arbitrarily detained Kashmiri journalists’.
Published On 23 May 2023

Summons come months after tax officials inspected BBC offices in New Delhi and Mumbai that followed ban on documentary.

Erdogan’s media presence helps him take a tightly fought election to a run-off. Plus, media and the Sino-America divide.

Stan Grant cites ‘relentless racial filth’ he endured after he raised colonial persecution of Indigenous Australians.

A judge finds Marian Kocner not guilty of murdering Jan Kuciak and his fiancée in 2018.

‘Near catastrophic’, two-hour chase in New York caused by ‘highly aggressive paparazzi’, couple’s spokesperson says.

US report describes details of assault by Israeli forces on the funeral of slain Al Jazeera journalist in Jerusalem.

Online media company, once valued at $5.7bn, seeks bankruptcy protection after it scrambled to find buyer.

Israel’s surveillance in Jerusalem, and the secretive unit responsible for spying on and blackmailing Palestinians.

Closure of top news outlet underscores regional trend of governments cracking down on independent media, observers say.

In Traffic, former Buzzfeed editor Ben Smith weaves a cautionary tale about journalism focused on ‘going viral’.

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