News and Press ReleasesPhilippines: Government media accreditation enforced for Luzon quarantine zone 19 Mar 2020 Journalists in the Philippines covering Luzon’s quarantine area were ordered on March 16 by the Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO)…Pakistan: Journalist’s body exhumed for second post mortem 18 Mar 2020 The body of the journalist Aziz Memon was exhumed on March 15 after a joint investigative team (JIT) found the initial post mortem report…China: US journalist press passes revoked for “ideological bias” 18 Mar 2020 China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced on March 18 that all US journalist working in Mainland China, Hong Kong and Macau for the New York…Myanmar: Legal action against The Irrawaddy newsroom continues 18 Mar 2020 The Yangon court accepted the Myanmar military’s legal dispute against The Irrawaddy over the newsroom coverage of the conflict in Rakhine State. The…Malaysia: Malaysiakini journalist target of online hate campaign 17 Mar 2020 Malaysiakini journalist Kow Gah Chie has been targeted in an online hate campaign after publishing a story on the country’s new environment minister…US: IFJ welcomes Chelsea Manning release 16 Mar 2020 A District Court in Virginia, United States, ordered the release of whistleblower Chelsea Manning on 13 March. Manning, was jailed in March 2019 for…Bangladesh: Journalist convicted after midnight raid 16 Mar 2020 Kurigram based journalist, Ariful Islam was arrested at midnight on March 13 and sentenced within a few hours by a “mobile court”. The International…India: Justice eludes Tongam Rina 16 Mar 2020 Eight years on since unidentified gunmen fired upon journalist Tongam Rina in Arunchal Pradesh, the country’s media community is speaking out on the…Pakistan: IFJ concerns over arrested editor in chief 13 Mar 2020 The editor in chief of Pakistan's largest media group was arrested over a 34-year old property deal following an investigation by the country's…Bangladesh: Journalist goes missing amidst controversial accusations 13 Mar 2020 Shafiqul Islam Kajol, a photographer and editor of Pakkhakal Shafiqul is reported missing after being accused by the ruling Awami League of…Indonesia: Lampung Governor verbally threatens and intimidates journalist 13 Mar 2020 Tuti Nurkhomariyah, a journalist with RMOL Lampung, was verbally assaulted by Lampung’s governor, Arinal Djunaidi, at a press conference on March 3.…IFJ Blog: Philippines, a step closer to illiberal democracy 13 Mar 2020 President Rodrigo Duterte’s legal assault to silence the Philippines major national broadcaster ABS-CBN is following the playbook on modern…Hong Kong: Police continue to abuse and obstruct journalists 13 Mar 2020 Over the last nine months, journalists in Hong Kong have faced obstruction, interference, violence, verbal abuse and humiliation by the police while…Myanmar: Army files lawsuit against Reuters 11 Mar 2020 Myanmar’s Army filed a defamation lawsuit against Reuters news service for its coverage of the shelling of a Rohingya village in Rakhine State that…U.S./China: U.S. - China retaliations threaten press freedom 11 Mar 2020 Ongoing retaliations between the U.S. and Chinese government prevent journalists from working and threaten to critically impede the flow of…China: Three citizen journalists vanish; authorities tighten controls amid COVID-19 crisis 11 Mar 2020 The number of citizen journalists to disappear in China in the last month after reporting on covid-19 has risen to at least three, with reports that… Page 75 of 226. Previous 123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536373839404142434445464748495051525354555657585960616263646566676869707172737475767778798081828384858687888990919293949596979899100101102103104105106107108109110111112113114115116117118119120121122123124125126127128129130131132133134135136137138139140141142143144145146147148149150151152153154155156157158159160161162163164165166167168169170171172173174175176177178179180181182183184185186187188189190191192193194195196197198199200201202203204205206207208209210211212213214215216217218219220221222223224225226 Next Load more