News and Press Releases

Hong Kong authorities have denied the work visa of an editor for Hong Kong Free Press. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) rejects the…

Philippines largest TV network ABS-CBN, which was forced off air after Congress rejected its franchise renewal, closed regional stations on August 28…

Pakistan’s senate standing committee on information and broadcasting passed amendments on August 26 to the Press Council of Pakistan Bill (2020) and…

Recommendations into police raids on journalists and media organisations tabled by an Australian parliamentary committee on August 26 have rejected…

The Shillong Times, the oldest English broadsheet newspaper in northeast India, was temporarily shut down by the local administration on August 23 for…

Media organisations in Indonesia have reported a spate of digital attacks directed at critical coverage of the Covid-19 pandemic. The International…

The National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict has accused reporter Atom Araullo from GMA broadcast network of spreading inaccurate…

This week, the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) coordinated regional and global efforts to call on authorities in Hong Kong and China to…

The Covid-19 pandemic has worsened the press freedom situation in countries such as China, Russia, and Turkey, where authorities have used it as a…

Transcontinental Times journalist Prashant Kanojia has been arrested at his Delhi residence on August 18 for his social media posts that allegedly…

We, the undersigned, are troubled by the decline in press freedom and democratic rights in Hong Kong and express our deep concern about the…

We, the undersigned media freedom organisations and journalist unions in the Asia Pacific region, strongly condemn the threats against press freedom,…

Journalists Safikul Islam and Suraj Ali Khan who were arrested on June 9 were granted bail by Calcutta’s High Court on August 14. The International…

Rong Chhun, the president of the Cambodian Confederation of Unions (CCU), arrested last month by the Cambodian authorities for allegedly inciting…

Three journalists, including a female reporter from Caravan magazine, were beaten, subjected to slurs, threatened with death, and sexually harassed in…

The campaign to bring back ABS-CBN, the largest broadcasting station in the country, continues to gather momentum. PIRMA Kapamilya, a public campaign,…