News and Press Releases

Beijing has announced an extension to its crackdown on independent journalism and news outlets in 2023, increasing pressure on foreign and...

Two foreign journalists, Ed Lawrence of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) and Michael Peuker of Radio Télévision Suisse (RTS), were detained...

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) expresses its deep concern at the gutting of independent media and press freedom in Hong Kong ahead...

The Hong Kong Journalists Association’s (HKJA) annual press freedom index has reached a new low for a third consecutive year, reflecting a rapidly...

Ronson Chan, the chair of the Hong Kong Journalists Association (HKJA), was formally charged on September 19 for obstructing police, less than one...

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its Asia-Pacific regional affiliate unions and associations condemn the September 7 arrest of...

High Court judge Wilson Chan has upheld a warrant to give Hong Kong police permission to search two phones owned by imprisoned media tycoon and...

Taiwanese pro-independence news outlet, Formosa Television (FTV) News, has been subject to cyber-attacks and disruptions from suspected Chinese...

On June 12, reporter Zhang Weihan was detained and mistreated by police in Tangshan, in the Hebei province, while reporting on an assault at a local...

At least 10 local and international news organisations have been barred from covering the inauguration of incoming Chief Secretary John Lee and other...

Local and international media access was heavily restricted at the Chinese foreign minister’s visit to Solomon Islands on May 26, with only select...

Hong Kong journalist, Eric Wu Ka-Fai, was sentenced to 1 month in prison for disorderly behaviour at West Kowloon Magistrates Court on May 23. The...

Hong Kong’s largest journalist union, the Hong Kong Journalists Association (HKJA), has announced to members that it will hold a special meeting to...

New research by the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) reveals that Beijing had stepped up its efforts to influence international...

Australian journalist Cheng Lei will be tried in Beijing on March 31 after being detained for 19 months on national security charges. The...