[ap-intact] INFO: Thai gov't orders German NGO to cancel press freedom briefing

A German rights group said on Thursday (Jan 29) that it has been ordered by Thailand's military government to cancel a briefing on the health of the kingdom's media landscape, in a growing clampdown on freedom of expression. The Friedrich Ebert Foundation said military officers had ordered them not to hold a briefing at a Bangkok hotel on Friday - part of a series of annual reports looking at the challenges journalists face in Asia.

Read the story by Channel News Asia. http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asiapacific/thai-junta-orders-german/1625272.html

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