Over the last month, Indonesia’s president Joko Widodo initiated a military crackdown in West Papua targeting journalists and human rights activists.…

Hong Kong’s security authorities froze the properties of Next Digital founder Jimmy Lai, who is currently serving a jail sentence, on May 14 on…

A Jhalakathi court jailed journalist Khalilur Rahman for charges under the Digital Security Act (DSA) on May 11 for an allegedly defamatory post on…

A journalist with the Hong Kong edition of The Epoch Times was beaten by an unknown man on May 11 and suffered injuries. The International Federation…

In March 2019, Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to Rome set in motion a series of economic and media cooperation agreements between the two…

In the Philippines, Duterte’s government is promoting Chinese news narratives while the media remains highly skeptical of China’s presence.

New research by the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has found that China successfully activated existing media infrastructures to seed…

Hong Kong’s Chief Executive, Carrie Lam, said during a news conference on May 4 that the government was considering introducing legislation to combat…

Three journalists from the Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) were arrested in Chiang Mai, Northern Thailand, in a police search on May 9. The…

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) will launch a new report on China’s international media influence strategy, titled The Covid-19…

Former television journalist Nemat Rawan was killed by gunmen in a targeted assassination in Kandahar city on May 6. The International Federation of…

As the second wave of the Covid pandemic surges across the South Asia region, journalists remain in the thick of a storm that has surrounded their…

The National Union of Journalists Peninsular Malaysia (NUJM) and the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), with the support of the European…

The level of media freedom in Hong Kong for media workers has plunged to a record low after the imposition of the national security law, according to…

Multiple journalists’ groups have handed a memorandum to the minister of Communications and Multimedia in Malaysia to mark World Press Freedom Day on…

Many IFJ affiliates took action to mark World Press Freedom Day on 3 May. Here is a non exhaustive list of their initiatives.