Beh Lih Yi
Head of Asia Program at Committee to Protect Journalists
Head of @CPJAsia at @pressfreedom. Formerly @malaysiakini @AFP @TRF via 🇲🇾🇭🇰🇮🇩🇩🇪. Beh = surname. Usual disclaimers apply
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2 weeks ago |
qoshe.com | Beh Lih Yi
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2 weeks ago |
asia.nikkei.com | Beh Lih Yi
Beh Lih Yi leads the Asia program at the Committee to Protect Journalists, a global organization dedicated to defending press freedom and the right of journalists to report safely. Former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte is now in The Hague awaiting his next court hearing in September. His arrest by the International Criminal Court for crimes against humanity charges was not only a gigantic step toward justice -- but also a triumph for journalism.
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Nov 18, 2024 |
cpj.org | Beh Lih Yi
In his tireless global campaign to save 77-year-old media publisher Jimmy Lai from life imprisonment in Hong Kong, Sebastien Lai has not seen his father for more than four years. Sebastien, who leads the #FreeJimmyLai campaign, last saw his father in August 2020 — weeks after Beijing imposed a national security law that led to a massive crackdown on pro-democracy advocates and journalists. Among them Lai, founder of the now-shuttered pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily.
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Mar 14, 2024 |
cpj.org | Beh Lih Yi
Philippine journalist Gerardo “Gerry” Ortega vowed he wouldn’t let the death threats stop him from using his radio show to expose corruption on the country’s idyllic tropical island of Palawan. “I am like a lone flame of a candle in a big dark room. I can’t light the whole room but I light a small corner, and that corner is worth fighting for,” Ortega’s daughter, Michaella Ortega, recalled her father saying.
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Sep 7, 2023 |
thediplomat.com | Beh Lih Yi
India must ensure media freedom if it wants to live up to its reputation as the world’s largest democracy alongside being a global economic powerhouse. India’s G-20 presidency this year has been hailed as a watershed moment — it is not only the first time the country is chairing the club of the world’s leading economies but also a first for South Asia.
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RT @frances_hui: 1/ Hong Kong's national security police took my parents in for questioning today—just a week after the US @StateDept annou…
The pursuit of justice and accountability cannot stop with Duterte's arrest. President Marcos Jr. can end the injustice for those who have suffered long enough - including journalists who were targeted by his predecessor. My latest op-ed for @NikkeiAsia https://t.co/iGqom2hB7i
RT @pressfreedom: “Globally, at a time when press freedom is under unprecedented assault and major democracies are in retreat, [Duterte’s]…