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Broadcast journalist Jyotiranjan Mohapatra sustained serious injuries after an attack by four people riding motorcycles in the eastern Odisha state on…

London-based reporter Clare Rewcastle Brown has been sentenced in absentia to two years in prison after being found guilty of criminal defamation…

On February 5, a Chinese court sentenced Australian blogger, academic, and pro-democracy activist Dr Yang Hengjun to a suspended death sentence,…

Journalists Wong Ka-ho and Ma Kai-chung have been found guilty by a Hong Kong court of unlawfully entering the city’s legislative council on July 1,…

On the third anniversary of the military coup in Myanmar, Global Unions call on the European Union (EU) to reevaluate its policies towards Myanmar, as…

Pakistan’s Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has issued summons for 47 journalists and YouTubers, with authorities to question the media figures on…

Continuing its crackdown on independent media in 2024, three journalists were detained by the Taliban’s intelligence agency over two days in Kabul.…

[UPDATED 21.02.2024] The Ministry of Home Affairs of the Indian government issued a notice to French journalist Vanessa Dougnac cancelling her…

Members of the Media, Entertainment, and Arts Alliance (MEAA) at the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) have passed a vote of no confidence…

Sunu TV bureau chief Shoaib Burney was shot by unknown persons on Karachi’s Rashi Minhas Road on January 14. The International Federation of…

On 16 January, the Kyrgyz authorities arrested eleven journalists from independent media outlets who had investigated alleged corruption among the…

Media stakeholders and leaders at press clubs, unions, and prominent news outlets across Pakistan have pledged to address barriers to women’s…

IFJ condemns Israel’s seemingly deliberate targeting and killing of journalists in Gaza following a drone strike that killed two media workers and…

On December 18, the parliament of Maldives passed the Industrial Relations (IR) Bill and the Occupation Safety and Health (OSH) Bill, a significant…

A new report commissioned by the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliate the Maldives Journalists Association (MJA) explores…

Apple Daily founder Jimmy Lai's long-awaited national security trial will commence on December 18, after three postponements, with the Hong Kong media…