AFP said regular freelancer Abdul Raouf Shaat would be remembered as a "kind-hearted colleague" and demanded "a full and transparent investigation into his death". #Israel #Gaza AFP News Agency france24.com/en/live-news/2…

Soft resistance = daring to speak out about anything to do with the Hong Kong government, including asking why 168 people died in an avoidable disaster. Tom Grundy Hong Kong Free Press HKFP hongkongfp.com/2026/02/02/hon…

#HongKong pro-democracy tycoon #JimmyLai will be sentenced on Monday following his conviction on collusion and sedition charges. 🚨LIVE BLOG: hongkongfp.com/2026/02/09/jim… Trusted, independent, on the ground coverage all morning on @HKFP

Apple Daily founder #JimmyLai jailed for 20 years. hongkongfp.com/2026/02/09/bre…

Not only was Jimmy Lai sentenced to 20 years, but other Apple Daily figures received high sentences, including editor-in-chief Ryan Law, executive editor-in-chief Lam Man-chung and editorial writer Fung Wai-kong who were given 10 years. hongkongfp.com/2026/02/09/bre…

With Jimmy Lai when he last spoke at the Foreign Correspondents' Club Hong Kong in 2019. The club would not make any comment today on his jailing. #JimmyLai

CNN's Kristie Lu Stout✌🏽 looks at the state of media freedom in Hong Kong in the wake of Jimmy Lai's sentencing.

Selina Cheng, chairperson of the Hong Kong Journalists Association, said that that media bosses in Hong Kong "increasingly see themselves as an extension of the government propaganda arm" and fear embarrassing those in power, writes AFP News Agency 's Holmes Chan . yahoo.com/news/articles/…

I'm delighted to announce that the Chinese edition of my book on journalism ethics will be published later this year by the Hong Kong University Press. Thanks to Michael Duckworth, Eman Lam, Clara Ho and the rest of the Hong University Press team for their support.

AFP is filing from Tehran - the images show people mourning the death of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and the aftermath of a strike on the Iranian capital. AFP News Agency #Iran

Good to see that the The Foreign Correspondents’ Club, Hong Kong's journalism conference is returning for another year. fcchk.org/event/journali…

I wrote this about the media restrictions and censorship in the war, based on contributions from AFP News Agency's bureau chiefs around the region. #IranWar al-monitor.com/originals/2026…

Good night but not good luck: longtime CBS News anchor Dan Rather laments the closure of its radio news service as "another piece of America that is gone". CBS News npr.org/2026/03/20/g-s…

From the president of the United States.

US freelance journalist Shelly Kittleson has been kidnapped in Baghdad. The State Department said a suspect taken into custody by Iraqi authorities had ties to the pro-Iranian militia Kataib Hezbollah. al-monitor.com/originals/2026…

"We worked on this bridge for two years... morning and night... In the end, our efforts were destroyed in three hours," engineer Hamed Zekri tells AFP News Agency during a media visit to the site. #IranWar‌ trtworld.com/article/9f84a1…

Good news: American journalist Shelly Kittleson has been released by Iraq's armed group Kataeb Hezbollah, a week after she was kidnapped in Baghdad. france24.com/en/live-news/2…

Donald Trump just announced the United States is going to blockade the Strait of Hormuz.