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The IFJ tips to report harassment and abuse on social media platforms.

Milan Mahanta, a correspondent for Assamese daily newspaper Assomiya Pratidin, was tied to a post and beaten by numerous assailants on November 16,...

The Hong Kong High Court granted a judicial review application regarding police operations during the 2019 protests, describing the current police...

Eleven years on from the Ampatuan Massacre, the world’s deadliest attack against journalists, impunity for crimes against journalists continues in the...

Nirmala Maulana, who works for a national online media Kompas.com, was assaulted by members of the military when covering the removal banners of Islam...

Taiwan’s media regulator announced on November 18 it would not renew the broadcast licence of Chung T’ien Television (CTiTV) over disinformation...

The Solomon Islands’ government is considering a ban on social media platform Facebook, citing deterioration in civic behaviour and access to harmful...

Ronnie Villamor, a freelance journalist in Masbate province, was shot dead by soldiers in Milagros, on the island of Masbate, on November 14 in an...

As part of its 2020 campaign to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists, the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has sent on 17 November...

Parag Bhuyan, a senior journalist and vice president of Tinsukia District Journalists’ Association (TDJA), was fatally injured in a road accident on...

To mark the occasion of National Press Day on November 16, the Indian Journalists Union (IJU) sent a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and...

Since 2010, 55 journalists have been killed with only one case resolved.

Cambodian journalist and publisher Ros Sokhet has been sentenced to 18 months in prison on November 11 for his criticism of government officials. The...

Australian national public broadcaster ABC faced pressure from government ministers and senators prior to the airing of an investigative program...

Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty (RFE / RL) correspondent Elias Daei was killed in an explosion in the Helmand province of Afghanistan on November...

Vinay Tiwari, a journalist working for local Hindi news website Bundelkhand Times, was seriously injured in an attack allegedly by the family of...