News and Press Releases

The South Asia Media Solidarity Network (SAMSN) today called for urgent international support to help Afghan journalists and media workers displaced…

Senior journalist Jan Mohammad Mahar died after sustaining multiple shots fired from close range in a targeted attack in Sukkur, Sindh Province, on…

On August 7, journalist Ghulam Asghar Khand was shot to death by unknown actors while travelling from a press club to his residence in Khairpur. The…

Two media workers were shot by stray bullets fired by unknown assailants while attending a media tour of power stations outside Port Moresby. The…

Freelance journalist Tharindu Uduwaragedara was detained and assaulted by police while reporting on a union-led protest in Colombo on July 28. The IFJ…

La comunicadora María Luisa Estrada viajaba con su sobrina en su vehículo cuando desde una camioneta abrieron fuego contra ella. Afortunadamente no…

Broadcast journalist Irfanullah Bidar has been released following his arrest by the Taliban’s General Directorate of Intelligence (GDI) in Jalalabad,…

El hecho sucedió el viernes 21 de julio en el barrio Delmas 33, Port-au-Prince, cuando la periodista estaba ingresando a su hogar. La Federación…

A Channel 13 media worker and Sangu News journalist have been physically assaulted by Maldivian police while covering an opposition protest in Malé’s…

A number of Cambodia’s few remaining independent media outlets have been restricted and journalists reporting in the country are facing credible…

Three San Juanico TV reporters were harassed by two off-duty police officers and allegedly shot at by an unknown party while covering a land dispute…

El 15 de julio por la tarde, el comunicador se dirigía a su vehículo en el estacionamiento de un comercio en la colonia Zapata cuando fue abordado por…

El comunicador fue liberado en mayo de este año tras su detención arbitraria ocurrida en julio de 2022. A pesar de haber salido de la cárcel, el…

Tras tres días desaparecido, el cuerpo del corresponsal del diario La Jornada fue encontrado el 8 de julio en Tepic, en el estado de Nayarit, donde…

Exiled Afghan journalist Mohammad Tahir Sadid has been detained in Islamabad by local police, with some reports alleging a ransom was elicited for his…

The body of journalist Abdur Rauf Alamgir has been found floating in a river in the Indian state of Assam on June 26, after reports emerged of his…