News and Press Releases

On November 7, Malaysian authorities revoked the press passes of journalists with the Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS)-affiliated news services Harakah…

Student journalists Abu Sayed Rony and Abdul Alim were attacked by a group of political activists at Rajshahi College, after taking photos of…

Israeli Communications Minister Shlomo Karhi has accused several international media of employing photojournalists who it suggested might be…

On 6 November, Palestinian journalist Hanaa Mahameed was harassed and threatened by a group of Israeli journalists, including the correspondent for…

Two Tamil journalists were harassed and questioned by police on October 28 for coverage of an ongoing farmer’s protest, forcing them to sign written…

Radio anchor Juan Jumalon was fatally shot by an unidentified assailant inside his home-based broadcast studio in the southern Misamis Occidental…

Approximately 30 journalists were attacked and had their equipment seized while covering a protest demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Sheikh…

On October 29, police and military personnel raided the office of the independent news outlet, the Development Media Group, arresting reporter Htet…

Freelance media workers from the Metro Manila area launched a guild dedicated to their professional rights on October 21, following years of research,…

The family of Wael al-Dahdouh, Al Jazeera’s bureau chief in Gaza, was killed on 24 October in an Israeli airstrike on the Nuseriat camp, in the centre…

On October 14, West Papuan journalist Victor Mambor was informed that the police investigation into an explosion outside his home in January had been…

On the anniversary of the killing of journalist Arshad Sharif by Kenyan security personnel, the anchor’s wife has filed a lawsuit against Kenyan…

The Israeli government has approved on 20 October a new regulation that will allow for the temporary shut down of news channels which ‘damage national…

On October 17, the Federation of Nepali Journalists (FNJ) announced the start of daily one-hour protest action at Kantipur Media Group (KMG) in…

Unverified information, unsourced videos and images from social networks: the war between Hamas and Israel is also a war of communication. The IFJ,…

In two separate incidents on October 12, army personnel obstructed journalists and media workers, deleting footage they had captured of an attack on…