This week, RFA Tibetan's first installment in its series examining a covert CIA operation to train Tibetan soldiers in Camp Hale, Colorado. Plus, Halloween was canceled in Shanghai this year. RFA Insider hosts Amy Lee and Eugene Whong discuss>> https://lnkd.in/eqcfEEbC
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Marking the 10th annual International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists, an RFA special feature recognizes eight recent cases of journalists across Asia who have faced retribution for merely doing their job. In the years since UNGA established #EndImpunity Day, nearly 800 journalists have been killed globally, with many more facing violent threats, harassment or unjust detention. Four out of five killers of journalists consistently go unpunished, Committee to Protect Journalists finds. This includes RFA contributors, who, sadly, authorities often target. As crimes against journalists continue to mount, RFA remains committed to reporting critical news in countries around Asia that lack a free and independent press. Today especially, we honor the journalists who have been unjustly detained, threatened or killed for their work bringing audiences the truth. Read the full story>> https://lnkd.in/eZknBqEn #ProtectJournalists #PressFreedom #TruthNeverDies
Across Asia, crimes against journalists keep mounting
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In the latest Dispatch, a stranded worker in Senegal offers clues to the lives of North Koreans overseas. Subscribe to RFA's weekly newsletter>> https://lnkd.in/edZaxDEV
Searching for North Korean workers in Senegal
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RFA is delighted to welcome Rosa Hwang as its new Executive Editor. She brings 25 years of experience working as an executive and award-winning producer in international broadcast journalism. Read the full statement on Rosa’s new role here: https://lnkd.in/etBZwbpX
RFA names network news veteran Rosa Hwang as Executive Editor
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This week, the Dispatch dives into a renewed, global focus on Uyghur forced labor. Subscribe here to get this newsletter in your inbox every week >> https://lnkd.in/edZaxDEV
Uyghur forced labor in the spotlight
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In a survey of 72 countries, Freedom House found Internet freedom has declined in the Asia-Pacific region in 2024. Myanmar is ranked alongside China as the world’s worst media environments, with Vietnam closely behind in seventh place. Internet freedom is a critical component of #pressfreedom and freedom of information. #FreedomOnTheNet
📣 NEW: #FreedomOnTheNet 2024 is now LIVE! Global internet freedom declined for the 14th consecutive year as voters were forced to make major decisions about their future while navigating a censored, distorted, and unreliable information space. https://lnkd.in/gvUrnjvM Protections for human rights online diminished in 27 of the 72 countries covered by FOTN24, and just 18 earned score improvements. Myanmar and China tied as the world’s worst environment for internet freedom, while Iceland maintained its status as the freest. People were physically attacked or killed in retaliation for their online activities in a record high of at least 43 countries. Users also faced arrest for nonviolent expression in three-quarters of the countries covered by FOTN, with some receiving prison sentences of 10+ years. Censorship and content manipulation were combined to sway elections. Voters in at least 25 of the 41 FOTN countries that held or prepared for nationwide elections contended with a censored information space, while in at least 21 countries progovernment commentators manipulated online information to stoke doubt in election integrity and democratic institutions broadly. More than half of these 41 countries took steps to safeguard information integrity, with mixed results. Examples from South Africa, Taiwan, and the EU—which all prioritized transparency, civil society expertise, democratic oversight, and international norms—served as the most promising models. Internet freedom is a pillar of modern democracy. Our research indicates that online censorship and manipulation are growing ever more extreme, requiring a renewed and sustained commitment to internet freedom lest we hasten democracy’s global decline. Explore more from #FreedomOnTheNet 2024: https://lnkd.in/gvUrnjvM
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Last night, Nayrein Kyaw and Minh-Ha Le from RFA Burmese and Creative teams accepted the Murrow Award in the Network Radio - Digital category at the Edward R. Murrow Awards Gala at New York City's Gotham Hall. RFA's winning report is a multimedia feature examining life in Myanmar since the February 2021 coup. Congratulations to all of the Murrow winners!
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This week the Dispatch spotlights RFA digital brand 歪脑|WHYNOT’s very first feature-length film; an on-the ground chronicle of the recent surge of Chinese migrants at the U.S. southern border through the Darién Gap.
歪脑|WHYNOT teases first feature-length doc in Taiwan
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In this week's Dispatch, we take a look at the latest flare up between China and Vietnam at the disputed Paracel Islands. Subscribe here to get this newsletter delivered straight to your inbox every week: https://lnkd.in/eRz2aaMw
What’s going on in the Paracel Islands?
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Today, Sept. 29, marks the 28th anniversary of Radio Free Asia. Nearly three decades later, as the media industry faces increasingly oppressive media laws and government-led crackdowns on independent press, RFA President and CEO Bay Fang emphasized the urgent need for the organization's journalism. Read more in this week's Dispatch, and check out RFA's full anniversary press release here: https://lnkd.in/e9RsTmwd
Resilience amid rising authoritarian threats
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