A new report, released in the Pacific Journalism Review on July 31, highlights the growing need to address media freedom in the region, particularly...

Unidentified men dressed in military uniform and armed with automatic weapons invaded the studios of Capital FM, 107 .7 in the Bilitar District of...

The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) plans to regulate social media use as part of the controversialanti-terror law. The International Federation...

The internet shutdown in Kashmir marks first anniversary today following the J&K administration’s recent decision to continue extension of the ban on...

Malaysian police together with Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) raided global broadcaster Al Jazeera and the offices of two...

Journalists in Namibia have hit out at employers and politicians for muzzling the media and in defence of “the right to ask difficult questions”.

Qazi Shibli, the editor of news portal The Kashmiriyat, was detained at Shergarh police station in Srinagar on July 31 following a lengthy...

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission’s (ACCC) draft bargaining code on digital platforms, released on July 31, is a ground-breaking move...

Bangladesh police are searching for blogger Asaduzzaman Noor, also known as Asad Noor, who is accused of spreading rumours and defaming Islam on...

The University of Hong Kong’s (HKU) governing body voted on July 28 to fire longtime associate law professor and pro-democracy leader, Benny Tai. The...

A Seattle court ordered on 24 July 5 news outlets to hand over unpublished photos and videos to the police as part of an ongoing investigation. The...

Une proposition de loi sur les médias actuellement en discussion au parlement libanais pourrait exclure les médias électroniques de son champ...

Sunil Tiwari, a stringer with Nai Duniya newspaper, was killed in Niwari district of Madhya Pradesh on July 22. The International Federation of...

Timor-Leste’s Ministry of Justice claimed it removed a controversial article of the proposed defamation law after hearing public criticisms but has in...

Journalist and human rights activist Azimjon Askarov died in prison on July 25, having endured a long-running incarceration since 2010. The...

Journalist Anwar Jan, who worked with the Daily “Naveed-e-Pakistan” newspaper was shot dead by two gunmen while walking home in Barkhan, Balochistan...