A police dispatcher who was watching George Floyd’s arrest in real time ended up being so alarmed that she called a supervisor, according to a recording of the call. The unnamed woman dispatcher is heard stating: “I do not understand, you can call me a snitch if you wish to, however we have the electronic […]

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UN Excessive Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet voiced alarm Wednesday that curbs on freedom of expression had elevated in 12 Asia-Pacific countries throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, with dictatorships and democracies alike stifling public debate within the title of preventing faux information. “Arrests for expressing discontent or allegedly spreading false information through the press and social […]

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The pandemic downturn is strangling quality journalism, however that matches some federal governments, leading European and international editors have actually stated. “The situation is very difficult. We’re in major cost-saving measures,” Tammy Tam, editor-in- chief of the South China Early Morning Post, an independent Hong Kong-based paper, stated on Tuesday (19 May). “Everyone is having […]

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