News and Press Releases

The South Asia Media Solidarity Network (SAMSN) today called for urgent international support to help Afghan journalists and media workers displaced…

India’s parliament has passed legislation that threatens to increase government surveillance, undermine freedom of information, and impact press…

Journalist Jose Rizal Pajares was arrested in Iriga City, Visayas on August 2 after allegedly accessing crime records without police permission. The…

Senior journalist Jan Mohammad Mahar died after sustaining multiple shots fired from close range in a targeted attack in Sukkur, Sindh Province, on…

Malaysian online news portals UtusanTV and MalaysiaNow have been blocked by authorities ahead of critical state elections. The International…

On August 7, journalist Ghulam Asghar Khand was shot to death by unknown actors while travelling from a press club to his residence in Khairpur. The…

Bangladeshi authorities have announced an intention to replace the nation’s much-criticised draconian Digital Security Act (DSA) with a revised Cyber…

Members of the Taliban forcibly closed a privately-owned station in Afghanistan’s eastern Nangarhar province after it held a mixed-gender journalism…

Journalist and publisher Badri Seshadri was arrested by Tamil Nadu state authorities for allegedly provocative remarks about the Chief Justice of…

Two media workers were shot by stray bullets fired by unknown assailants while attending a media tour of power stations outside Port Moresby. The…

A global anti-corruption investigation has claimed that a Solomon Islands newspaper accepted funding from Chinese authorities, allegedly in exchange…

Australia’s media worker union has made a submission to an Australian Government inquiry raising concerns over potential impacts of generative…

Freelance journalist Tharindu Uduwaragedara was detained and assaulted by police while reporting on a union-led protest in Colombo on July 28. The IFJ…

Broadcast journalist Irfanullah Bidar has been released following his arrest by the Taliban’s General Directorate of Intelligence (GDI) in Jalalabad,…

A media amendment bill, that significantly expands the country’s existing media regulatory legislation, was unanimously tabled by the country’s…

A Channel 13 media worker and Sangu News journalist have been physically assaulted by Maldivian police while covering an opposition protest in Malé’s…