Akwe Amosu

1 week ago | globalvoices.org | Mong Palatino |Akwe Amosu |Liam Anderson

This report was written by Tom Grundy and published in Hong Kong Free Press on May 2, 2025. The following edited version is published as part of a content partnership agreement with Global Voices. Hong Kong has tumbled five places in the annual Reporters Without Borders (RSF) Press Freedom Index, entering the “red zone” — meaning a “very serious” situation — for the first time, alongside China. The city fell five places to 140th place, sandwiched between Sri Lanka and Kazakhstan.

1 week ago | globalvoices.org | Mong Palatino |Akwe Amosu |Ramna Saeed |Janine Mendes-Franco

Exile Hub is one of Global Voices’ partners in Southeast Asia, emerging in response to the 2021 coup in Myanmar, focusing on empowering journalists and human rights defenders. They released a statement on the occasion of World Press Freedom Day 2025, an edited version of which has been published here. Press freedom is a fundamental human right that is essential for a free, peaceful, and just society.

1 week ago | globalvoices.org | Mong Palatino |Akwe Amosu |Filip Noubel |Janine Mendes-Franco

The story of Mizzima News attests to the role of independent media in chronicling the Myanmar people’s struggle for the restoration of democracy. Mizzima News was established in 1998 by Myanmar refugees in India to provide accurate and independent reporting about the situation in Myanmar communities reeling from decades of military rule. When the government embarked on a democratic transition, Mizzima News became the first exiled media to establish an office in Myanmar in 2012.