Philippines: Farewell to a tireless champion for press freedom

The Philippines’ media fraternity and journalist unions globally are mourning the loss of a giant of media freedom following the death of Filipino...

Alert: IRADA and IFJ to launch major review of Pakistan’s labour laws at webinar on Tuesday July 13

The Institute for Research, Advocacy and Development (IRADA) has written a new report on Pakistan’s labour laws and their impact on media workers,...

Philippines: Duterte asks press to remove masks and face shields at press conference

Philippines’ President Rodrigo Duterte during a press conference on July 1 asked a reporter to take off her face mask and face shield when asking him...

Maldives: Parliamentary committee intervenes in media council case

A Maldives Parliament standing committee on independent institutions has presented its own complaint to the Maldives Media Council (MMC), a body it is...

Journalists and the China story: Myanmar

As Myanmar burns and the structures of Myanmar’s media collapse, China’s years of media outreach are under jeopardy.

Journalists and the China story: Tunisia

Chinese and Tunisian ties have never been strong, but China’s recent outreach shows just how far its media footprint extends.

Journalists and the China story: Serbia

Serbia’s foreign influence historically from neighbouring Russia. Today, China is establishing a role in the country’s economy, politics, and media...

India: Authorities question editor and editor-in-chief in their investigation of Newsclick

Newsclick’s editor, Pranjal Pandey, and editor-in-chief, Prebir Purkayastha, were questioned on June 30 by authorities from India’s Income Tax...

Pakistan: FIA Counter-Terrorism Wing serves notice to anchorperson

Pakistan’s Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) issued a notice to senior anchorperson Nadeem Malik from Samaa TV following comments made on his program...

India: UP journalist hit by car and assaulted after critical report

Pateshwari Singh, a journalist associated with Bharat Kanak and Jana Sandesh Times, was hit by a vehicle and beaten up on June 29 after publishing...

Vietnam: Independent journalist arrested for opposing socialist party

Le Van Dung, the owner of CHTV, a digital news channel in Vietnam, was arrested on July 1. He was charged under Article 117 of Vietnam’s Penal Code...

Sri Lanka: Government cancels probe into sexual harassment in the media industry

Sri Lanka’s media minister Keheliya Rambukwella informed reporters his ministry would not launch an investigation into allegations of sexual...

Hong Kong: Former Apple Daily employee arrested while trying to leave Hong Kong

Police arrested former senior editorial writer Fung Wai-kong, who worked for the recently shutdown pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily at Hong Kong...

Trust in news grows, need for diverse and gender-balanced newsrooms demanded

The Reuters Digital News Report 2021 has revealed that public’s trust in news has risen sharply during the Covid-19 pandemic and that younger...

IFJ holds workshops for lawyers on freedom of expression and media rights

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) conducted two online workshops for lawyers from Burundi, Mexico, Sri Lanka and Yemen on the...

SOUTH EAST ASIA: Call for stronger protections for media workers amid Covid-19

Members of the South East Asia Journalist Union (SEAJU) network call on governments to do more to protect media workers amid the Covid-19 pandemic and...

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