The Centre for Independent Journalism (CIJ) calls for more political will from the government to improve the state of press freedom in the country and and the right of Malaysians to access to information. Malaysia's standing in the latest Reporters Without Borders (RSF) Press Freedom Index, at 131, compared to 132 last year, is still [...]

The following is Reporters Without Borders (RSF) criticism of Raja Petra's detention under Internal Security Act (ISA)

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Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has voiced concern about a 4 April 2007 statement by Deputy Minister of Energy, Water and Communications Datuk Shaziman Abu Mansor, that in order to prevent the spread of "negative or malicious content," bloggers will soon have to register with the government. While claiming it does not intend to censor bloggers, [...]

The Worldwide Press Freedom Index 2005, as released by Reporters Without Borders (RSF).

Maldivian journalist and human rights activist Jennifer Latheef has been sentenced to 10 years inprisonment for a supposed "terrorist act". Latheef is a researcher and photographer with the "Minivan Daily", a newspaper that currently has two other journalists in prison.

Zhang Lin started eating again on 28 September 2005, almost one month after beginning a hunger strike. The cyberdissident, sentenced to five years in prison in August for writing articles "contrary to the Constitution", has been left extremely weak from his ordeal.

Two foreign journalists — Malaysian Leu Siew Ying of the Hong Kong-based "South China Morning Post" and French Abel Segretin of Radio France Internationale (RFI) — were attacked by militiamen and thugs in a village in southern China.

Imprisoned journalist Maheshwor Pahari died from tuberculosis on 4 October 2005 after the authorities repeatedly refused to treat him. He was aged just 30.

The closure on 26 September 2005 of http://www.ehoron.com and http://www.monhgal.com, two websites based in the Inner Mongolian Autonomous Region, for allegedly hosting "separatist" content, is the result of the Chinese government's determination to gag cultural minorities.