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Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak, standing, has been cleared of wrongdoing, but the independendent media are tenaciously challenging the official narrative. (AP/Joshua Paul)

Amid financial scandal, Malaysia increases pressure on media

By Shawn W. Crispin/CPJ Senior Southeast Asia Representative on February 12, 2016 11:55 AM EST

A financial scandal involving a state investment fund created and overseen by Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak, exposed in turns by investigative journalists, has put a parallel spotlight on the country’s deteriorating press freedom situation. A suggestion by the government’s top lawyer to strengthen the 1972 Official Secrets Act to penalize journalists who decline to…

Li Xin talks to the AP over Skype in November. The journalist, who says he worked as an informant for Chinese authorities, went missing on January 10. (AP/Saurabh Das)

As editor-informant Li Xin disappears, journalists share their experiences with China’s security services

By Yaqiu Wang/CPJ Northeast Asia Correspondent on January 25, 2016 5:39 PM EST

The case of Li Xin, a journalist who disappeared in Thailand in January after telling the international press in November he had fled China after being forced to work for years as a government informant, has shed light on the pressures some journalists face to provide information to the authorities.

Syria, France most deadly countries for the press

December 29, 2015 12:01 AM EST

Of 69 journalists killed for their work in 2015, 40 percent died at the hands of Islamic militant groups such as Al-Qaeda and Islamic State. More than two-thirds of the total killed were singled out for murder. A CPJ special report by Elana Beiser

China, Egypt imprison record numbers of journalists

December 15, 2015 12:01 AM EST

Egypt is second only to China as the world’s worst jailer of journalists in 2015. Worldwide, the number of journalists behind bars for their work declined moderately during the year, but a handful of countries continue to use systematic imprisonment to silence criticism. A CPJ special report by Elana Beiser

2015 prison census: 199 journalists jailed worldwide

December 14, 2015 7:59 PM EST

As of December 1, 2015 Analysis: China, Egypt imprison record numbers of journalists Blog: None jailed in Americas | Blog: Q&A with Vietnam’s Ta Phong Tan

#FreeThePress: Gao Yu

August 25, 2015 4:11 PM EDT

Press Uncuffed #FreeThePress Spotlight Medium: Internet Charge: Anti-State Imprisoned: August 24, 2014 Gao Yu China 582 days in prison RELEASED Gao Yu was released on November 26, 2015 on medical parole after her sentence was reduced from seven to five years on appeal, according to news reports. Gao, a reporter and columnist, was detained by…

Protesters hold up pictures of jailed journalist Gao Yu in Hong Kong in April. Gao's health has deteriorated since she was imprisoned in Beijing. (AP/Kin Cheung)

‘I don’t want to die here’: Gao Yu’s health deteriorates in Beijing prison

By Yaqiu Wang/CPJ Northeast Asia Correspondent on July 29, 2015 5:56 PM EDT

The lawyer for jailed Chinese journalist Gao Yu says the freelance reporter’s health has declined since she was sentenced in April to seven years in prison for leaking state secrets. Shang Baojun, who visited Gao in Beijing No.1 Detention Center on July 28, told CPJ that Gao says she is scared she will die in…

Chinese journalist released from prison

July 10, 2015 1:09 PM EDT

Zhang Miao, a reporter for the German weekly Die Zeit, was released on July 9, 2015, after being imprisoned for more than nine months, according to news reports.

CPJ concerned about deteriorating health of journalist imprisoned in China

June 18, 2015 4:33 PM EDT

New York, June 18, 2015–The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Chinese authorities to immediately release Wang Jing, a journalist who has been imprisoned since December and whose health has deteriorated in custody.

Wang Liming, pictured in 2013, says he fears he will be arrested if he returns to China. The political cartoonist is living in Japan but says he is running out of funds. (Reuters/Petar Kujundzic)

Chinese cartoonist Rebel Pepper struggles to survive in self-imposed exile

By Sumit Galhotra/CPJ Asia Program Research Associate on May 29, 2015 5:28 PM EDT

When calls for Wang Liming to be arrested were made on a forum hosted by China’s state-controlled press last year, the satirical cartoonist who lampooned the Communist Party leadership decided it would be safer to stay in Japan, where he had been traveling. But while he may have avoided possible arrest, the cartoonist, known as…