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Samoa’s prime minister-elect, Fiame Naomi Mata’afa, was locked out of parliament on May 24 after her opponent, Tuila’epa Sailele Malielegaoi claimed…

A landmark piece of legislation, the Sindh Protection of Journalists and Other Media Practitioners Bill 2021 was passed unanimously by the Sindh…

Asad Ali Toor, an Aaj Television journalist and vlogger often critical of the Pakistani military, was attacked by unknown assailants in his apartment…

The managing editor of Frontier Myanmar, Danny Fenster, has been detained by Myanmar’s military at Yangon Airport on May 24. The International…

Al Amin Hossain, the Meherpur district correspondent for Daily Business Bangladesh, was arrested under the Digital Security Act (DSA) for publishing a…

The harassment of journalists throughout this year, perpetrated by Malaysian authorities, has raised concern from Malaysia’s media advocacy…

On May 7, Zulkiflee Anwar Alhaque, more popularly known as Zunar, was questioned by the Kedah police over a caricature of Kedah Menteri Besar Muhammad…

Rozina Islam, an investigative journalist affiliated with Bangla daily Prothom Alo, was harassed, confined in a room by the health ministry and…

Following recent attacks on media in Palestine, International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) affiliates across the world have expressed solidarity…

Min Nyo, a reporter at Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) was sentenced to three years in jail under Section 505A of Myanmar's Penal Code on May 12. The…

Over the last week, the Israeli military bombed more than a dozen media offices in Gaza. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and the…

The Taiwan edition of Apple Daily, published by the Hong Kong-based Next Digital media group, ceased its print edition on May 18 and made over 300…

Over the last month, Indonesia’s president Joko Widodo initiated a military crackdown in West Papua targeting journalists and human rights activists.…

Hong Kong’s security authorities froze the properties of Next Digital founder Jimmy Lai, who is currently serving a jail sentence, on May 14 on…

A Jhalakathi court jailed journalist Khalilur Rahman for charges under the Digital Security Act (DSA) on May 11 for an allegedly defamatory post on…

A journalist with the Hong Kong edition of The Epoch Times was beaten by an unknown man on May 11 and suffered injuries. The International Federation…