China: Journalist jailed for providing information to human rights groups

On July 29, a Chinese court sentenced Zhou Wilin, a reporter for the human rights news website Weiquanqwang, to three years and six months in prison…

Afghanistan: US government includes Afghan journalists in US refugee program

The United States’ government announced on August 2 that it will provide Afghan nationals working at US-based media outlets and NGOs an opportunity to…

Malaysia: Riot police block opposition members from entering parliament

Opposition members of Malaysia’s parliament who marched to the parliamentary building on August 2 were met by a police blockade and threatened with…

Afghanistan: Taliban militants attack and abduct journalists

Taliban militants shot at a car carrying journalists Shakib Shams and Storio Karimi on August 1 in the Pol-e Malan area of Herat Province. The…

Thailand: New regulation curtails free speech

Thailand’s government has implemented a new regulation under Section 9 of the Royal Decree on Public Administration in Emergency Situations which…

Afghanistan: Journalists arrested over allegation of spreading propaganda

Four Afghan journalists, Bismillah Watandoost, Qudrat Soltani, Mujib Obaidi, and Sanaullah Siam were arrested by Afghanistan’s National Directorate of…

Hong Kong: National Security Police intimidate reporter and confiscate travel documents

The Hong Kong police force’s national security unit searched a journalist’s home on July 26 and confiscated her travel documents, mobile phone and…

China: Foreign journalists covering flood disaster harassed

Foreign journalists reporting on the recent floods in Zhengzhou in central China’s Henan province on July 22 were harassed and threatened by citizens…

Informar sobre la variante Delta: Describir sus características sin exagerar su impacto

Informar sobre la pandemia de la Covid-19 ha sido un verdadero reto para los/as periodistas. Ahora, la aparición de nuevas variantes del virus como la…

Afghanistan: Radio Najarab silenced amid conflict

Broadcasts from Radio Najarab, a radio station in Najrab district of Kapisa Province, ceased from July 20 after staffers fled to save their lives amid…

Philippines: Radio commentator shot outside radio station

Radio commentator, Renante “Rey” Cortes, was shot dead on July 22 outside radio station, DyRB, in Barangay Mambaling in central Philippines . The…

Hong Kong: Authorities charge four Apple Daily journalists with collusion

Hong Kong’s national security police have arrested two senior editors and two editorial writers at Apple Daily on July 21, weeks after the media…

Cambodia: Local reporter charged with incitement over posts about vaccines

Cambodian journalist Kouv Piseth is facing a possible five year sentence after he posted criticisms on Facebook about the Cambodian government’s…

Afghanistan: U.S. government pressed for humanitarian support for Afghani journalists

A group of U.S. news and press freedom organisation have sent joint letters to President Joseph Biden, Secretary of State Antony Blinken and…

Bangladesh: Journalist detained under Digital Security Act for a Facebook post

Police arrested Md Akhtaruzzaman on July 18 under the Digital Security Act (DSA) for a Facebook post accusing a health official and his office…

Hong Kong: Journalists association release report on the deterioration of press freedom

On July 15, the Hong Kong Journalists Association (HKJA) published their 2021 annual report on the effects of a repressive government on the media.…

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