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East Asia · January, 2025

Stories about East Asia from January, 2025

Indonesian court acquits worker over defamation charges filed by prominent entrepreneur

Private actor litigation against workers’ rights advocacy looms large in Indonesia

Written by Ramzy Muliawan

28 January 2025

Activist Thai lawyer gets additional years in prison for ‘defaming’ the monarchy

His cumulative prison sentence is now 18 years, 10 months, and 20 days

Written by Mong Palatino

21 January 2025

What lies behind the raid on the Hong Kong Public Opinion Research Institute by the city's national security police?

The raid came weeks after police issued an arrest warrant for Chung Kim-wah, the Institute's ex-deputy CEO.

Written by Hong Kong Free Press

21 January 2025

Can US TikTok refugees find a home in Chinese social media Xiaohongshu?

The exchange between people in the US and China is ice-breaking but biased as users are self-censoring

Written by Oiwan Lam

16 January 2025

2025: The year we decide the internet's future

Can the multi-stakeholder model, which has safeguarded an open, inclusive internet, survive?

Written by Muhammed Bello Buhari

8 January 2025

Vietnam strengthens control of internet and civil society through new decrees

Tech companies are now required to verify users, while strict rules are imposed on associations

Written by Mong Palatino

7 January 2025

Fifteen times Hong Kong made international headlines in 2024

From the introduction of Article 19 to media and entertainment censorship

Written by Hong Kong Free Press

6 January 2025

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