News and Press Releases

India’s latest crackdown on the press has seen the arrests of a number of regional media workers, including Kashmiri journalist Irfan Mehraj in…

In an escalating trend of attacks and threats towards media workers in the Maldives, journalist Hussain Juman was assaulted and detained by police…

Pakistani state authorities arrested BOL News Bureau Chief Siddique Jan from outside the outlet’s office in Islamabad on March 20, with the senior…

Media stakeholders, legal experts and civil society organisations have expressed their concern that a proposed amendment to elections legislation…

Media workers from several Jang Media Group (JMG) outlets, including television network Geo News, have begun a series of protests against systemic…

At least three people have been killed, including two journalists, and over 30 injured in an Islamic State (IS) bomb attack at a press award ceremony…

In a new report, the Foreign Correspondents’ Club of China (FCCC) has revealed tough and restrictive working conditions for foreign journalists and…

Naw Betty Han is a Burmese journalist from Frontier Myanmar. She was reporting in Myanmar before the military takeover in 2021, which made the country…

The IFJ has welcomed a groundbreaking new agreement signed by the National Union of Journalists in Malaysia – to establish the first ever union branch…

The Pakistani news and current affairs channel ARY News has had its license suspended for broadcasting clips of former Prime Minister Imran Khan,…

Farzana Ali has been working as a journalist since 1997. She is Aaj News TV Bureau Chief in Peshawar, the capital city of the province of Khyber…

Marvia Malik, Pakistan’s first transgender news anchor for Kohenoor TV, has survived an ambush by two gunmen on return to her Lahore home and…

Beijing has announced an extension to its crackdown on independent journalism and news outlets in 2023, increasing pressure on foreign and…

A case has been registered against a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) official after television journalist Devendra Khare was shot twice by two…

The Bangladesh Press Council (BPC) has rejected an appeal made by the Bengali-language newspaper Dainik Dinkal on February 19 concerning the Dhaka…

Concerns have been raised for journalist and women’s rights activist Sophia Huang Xueqin, who is said to have been experiencing severe health issues…