News and Press Releases

Journalist Naran Unurtsetseg, the editor-in-chief of the Mongolian news website Zarig.mn, was arrested on December 4 on charges of contempt of court…

Three journalists were allegedly attacked, threatened, and had their equipment damaged by former Member of Parliament (MP) Mostafizur Rahman and staff…

Indonesian authorities passed the second amendment to the Electronic Information and Transactions Law (ITE Law) on December 5, failing to address…

Hong Kong-based senior journalist Minnie Chan has been reportedly unreachable for one month since travelling to Beijing in late October to cover an…

Journalists and media workers have criticised comments made by newly-elected Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters, who claimed that a 2020 government…

Del 21 al 24 de noviembre de 2023, el Secretario General de la Federación Internacional de Periodistas (FIP) realizó una misión a Palestina para…

Journalist Md Nahid Hasan was assaulted by a group of 20 to 25 people while covering a clash involving members of a youth and student organisation…

Fourteen years on from the single worst massacre of journalists in history, only “partial justice” has been delivered for the families of those killed…

[UPDATED 22.11.2023] On 21 November Abzas Media chief editor, Sevinc Vaqifqizi, was detained at the Baku airport upon arrival. A day before, on 20…

El líder de los y las periodistas de Palestina, Nasser Abu Baker, ha lanzado un emotivo llamamiento para ayudar a las y los trabajadores de los medios…

Citizen journalist and activist Sun Lin was killed following an altercation during a police raid on his home on November 17. The International…

The Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism (PCIJ) temporarily took down its website on November 15 amid an active hacking attack. The…

Police in India’s Kerala state have summoned former politician and actor Suresh Gopi in relation to a complaint launched by an Indian journalist…

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…