China: Officials commission surveillance system targeting journalists 06 Dec 2021 Recent reports reveal that journalists and other ‘suspicious’ actors will be tracked by an elaborate surveillance system allegedly commissioned by the…Sri Lanka: Journalist attacked by soldiers for reporting on Tamil memorial 02 Dec 2021 Tamil journalist Vishwalingam Vishwachandran was brutally attacked by a group of Sri Lankan soldiers in Mullaitivu district on November 28. The…Pakistan: Female journalist and family attacked in Lahore 01 Dec 2021 On November 24, unknown assailants targeted female journalist, Ambreen Fatima, attacking her as she drove with family in the eastern city of Lahore.…China: Businessman and journalist Fang Bin remains in detention 30 Nov 2021 Chinese businessman Fang Bin, who reported on the Covid-19 pandemic from the front line in China, was reportedly being detained pending trial. The…Afghanistan: Taliban’s new directives will further muzzle press freedom 30 Nov 2021 The Taliban has announced eight religious ‘guidelines’ which restrict the broadcasting of media that contravenes Islamic values, with several edicts…Pakistan: IFJ holds a training on safety of women journalists and gender equality 29 Nov 2021 The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), with the support of the National Endowment for Democracy (NED), arranged a two-day Gender Equality…China: Reports on Chinese tennis star censored by authorities 25 Nov 2021 Beijing authorities censored foreign coverage of missing Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai, who recently accused a former top Chinese official of sexual…Bangladesh: Cyber Tribunal indicts charges against photojournalist 24 Nov 2021 On November 8, the Dhaka Cyber Tribunal slapped charges against photojournalist, Shafiqul Islam Kajol, for three separate offences under the Digital…Pakistan: Senate passes bill to protect journalists and media professionals 23 Nov 2021 Pakistan’s Senate passed a new Protection of Journalists and Media Professionals Bill, drafted in consultation with journalists’ organisations and…India: Journalists accused of spreading communal hatred granted bail 22 Nov 2021 Two journalists who were arrested in the early hours of November 14 in Tripura state for alleged criminal conspiracy and spreading of communal hatred…China: U.S. and China to relax journalists' visa restrictions 19 Nov 2021 The new agreement, reached ahead of the virtual summit between China’s leader Xi Jinping and U.S. President Joe Biden on November 16, will allow…Malaysia: Authorities continue criminal defamation case against Sarawak Report editor 17 Nov 2021 On November 5, Malaysian authorities made a public appeal for information on Sarawak Report editor and founder Clare Rewcastle Brown after reviving a…Iran: Kelid newspaper banned after publishing a cartoon depicting the Supreme Leader’s hand 16 Nov 2021 On 8 November, the Press supervisory board of the Islamic Republic of Iran banned the publication and revoked the license of Kelid newspaper after it…Afghanistan: Former Ariana television journalist killed in explosion 16 Nov 2021 Hamid Saighani, a prominent journalist for Ariana television network, was killed in a bomb blast on a minibus in western Kabul on November 13. The…Hong Kong: Hong Kong government denies visa of The Economist correspondent 15 Nov 2021 The Hong Kong government has refused to renew the employment visa of one of the Economist correspondents in the city without giving a reason,…Myanmar: Court sentences US journalist Danny Fenster to 11 years in jail 15 Nov 2021 Frontier Myanmar’s managing editor Danny Fenster was found guilty and sentenced by a court to 11 years in prison with hard labour on November 12. The… Page 22 of 217. Previous 123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536373839404142434445464748495051525354555657585960616263646566676869707172737475767778798081828384858687888990919293949596979899100101102103104105106107108109110111112113114115116117118119120121122123124125126127128129130131132133134135136137138139140141142143144145146147148149150151152153154155156157158159160161162163164165166167168169170171172173174175176177178179180181182183184185186187188189190191192193194195196197198199200201202203204205206207208209210211212213214215216217 Next Load more
