Pakistan: Government must heed media protests against controversial PMDA bill

Hundreds of Pakistani journalists participated a ‘sit in’ demonstration from September 12-13, united in protest against the proposed controversial…

Malaysia: New government prevents media outlets from attending parliament

Malaysia’s parliamentary speaker Azhar Arizan Harun announced on September 8, the new government led by prime minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob will…

India: Five media houses attacked in Tripura during unofficial BJP rally

The premises of two television channels, PB 24 News and Duranta TV, and three daily newspapers, Pratibadi Kalam, Kalmer Shakti and Daily Deshar Katha,…

Myanmar: Reporters barred from covering refugee vaccine rollout in Rakhine State

Reporters have been prevented from covering a vaccine drive amongst Myanmar’s Rohingya population in Rakhine State after their access to internally…

India: Jammu and Kashmir police raid journalists’ homes

On September 8, Jammu and Kashmir authorities raided the homes of four journalists in Srinagar before their temporary detainment and questioning. The…

Afghanistan: Media workers detained while covering Kabul protests

Taliban militants arrested more than 14 media workers, including reporters and crew members, for their coverage of the anti-Pakistan and Women’s…

Malaysia: CSOs call for repeal of Sedition Act and stop the persecution of activists

The Malaysian Civil Society Organisations (CSO) Platform for Reform are demanding the reinstatement of the moratorium on the Sedition Act 1948 and for…

Hong Kong: Support for Next Digital employees as media group files for liquidation

Hong Kong media group, Next Digital, known for its popular pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily and owned by jailed media magnate Jimmy Lai, filed for…

Afghanistan: Local media raise concerns of journalist safety with Taliban officials

Local media groups left in Afghanistan met with Taliban leaders on September 3 to address concerns around journalist safety. The International…

Afghanistan: Journalist leader Fahim Dashti killed in Taliban attack in Panjshir Valley

Fahim Dashti, a veteran leader of the Afghanistan National Journalist Union (ANJU), was killed in Panjshir province on September 5 during a clash…

South Asia: SAMSN members appeal to SAARC countries to provide asylum for Afghan Journalists

Concerns for the state of press freedom and freedom of expression in Afghanistan are escalating following the Taliban militant’s takeover, as mounting…

Philippines: One year since the forced closure of 53 regional ABS-CBN stations

On August 28, journalists in the Philippines commemorated one year since ABS-CBN was forced to close 53 regional radio and television stations. The…

Hong Kong: Government proposes new censorship law and clamps down on media independence

A week after Hong Kong’s public broadcaster, Radio Television Hong Kong (RTHK), published the new partnership with the Chinese Media Group, Hong…

Afghanistan: The end of the US mission, but what now for Afghanistan’s media?

As the last US military forces departed Afghanistan and Taliban leaders celebrated ‘complete independence’ with rifle rounds in the air on August 30,…

Afghanistan: "I don't know what awaits me in the future"

Farida Nekzad is the managing editor of Pajhwok Afghan News, Afghanistan’s largest independent news agency, a 2008 winner of the prestigious…

Afghanistan: Taliban releases two Pakistani journalists, one remains missing

Khyber TV reporter Abdul Mateen Achakzai and cameraperson Muhammad Ali were arrested while reporting in Kandahar city in southern Afghanistan on…

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