News and Press Releases

The home of senior Pakistani journalist and Lahore Press Club president Azam Chaudhry was attacked by four unknown assailants on September 16. The…

News outlet Newstapa and broadcaster Joongang Tongyang Broadcasting Company (JTBC) have been raided by South Korean authorities after reporting in…

Journalists Fayaz Zafar and Amjad Ali Sahaab are facing similar misinformation and defamation charges in the Swat Valley region, amid a rising number…

Independent news outlet Rappler and its founder Maria Ressa have been acquitted of the final of five tax evasion charges launched in 2018 by the…

Tamer Almisshal, Al Jazeera Arabic presenter had his Facebook profile taken down following the airing of his TV Show ‘Tip of the Iceberg’ on 8…

A Radio New Zealand (RNZ) journalist has alleged that an Indonesian official attempted to both bribe and intimidate him following an interview at a…

Myanmar Now photojournalist Sai Zaw Thaike has been sentenced to over 20 years in prison on September 6, following his coverage of the impacts of the…

Police in India’s eastern Manipur state have filed charges against four journalists associated with the Editors Guild of India, including its…

Nine journalists in Taliban custody across Afghanistan have been released following a campaign of arrests targeting foreign or exiled media outlets.…

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and 18 other press freedom and human rights organisations have urged the government of Bangladesh to…

A female journalist was attacked by a group of men following the deaths of five colliery workers in a workplace accident in Central-Eastern…

Hubei self-media operator Lu Hua has reportedly been in detention since April 2023, with rights organisations raising awareness of his detention on…

Two journalists were allegedly assaulted by members of the student political organisation the Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) on August 21. The…

Iranian photojournalist Mohammad Hossein Velayati was arrested by Taliban officials at Kabul International Airport on August 19 as he attempted to…

Independent news agency The Kashmir Walla has reported that its website and social media accounts are now unreachable in India. The International…

Journalist Vimal Kumar Yadav was fatally shot in the chest outside his house in Bihar state in Eastern India on August 18. The International…