News and Press Releases

Beijing’s intention to pass new Hong Kong national security laws sparked demonstrations beginning on May 22, potentially jeopardising the future of…

American journalist Matt Belanger was assaulted and physically attacked by a man who “perceived he was homosexual”. The International Federation of…

The local government has repeatedly harassed Radyo Natin Guimba (RNG) radio station reporters in Guimba for covering their response to Covid-19. The…

The Portuguese Journalists' Union (SJ) has strengthened its call on the government for increased support for the media sector and denounced the fact…

Journalists in Mozambique have been trained on how to cover the Covid-19 outbreak safely, thanks to the National Union of Journalists of Mozambique…

A day after publishing an article on a Srinagar gunfight, Fahah Shah, founding editor of The Kashmir Walla was summoned to Srinagar cyber police…

La Secretaría de Gobernación solicitó a la Coordinadora de la Comisión Ejecutiva de Atención a Víctimas del Gobierno del Estado de Chihuahua (CEAVE),…

L'éditeur Ringier Axel-Springer suisse SA (RASCH) a annoncé le 19 mai le licenciement de huit personnes au sein du magazine L’Illustré, dont quatre…

Media industry, trade union, political and civic society leaders have today come together to demand the "immediate withdrawal" of paramilitary death…

Journalist organisations together with media company associations and the Indonesian Press Council have called on the government to support the media,…

Sok Oudom, the owner of Rithysen radio station and website, was arrested and charged with broadcasting false news on a local land dispute in Kampong…

Radzi Razak is a journalist with the Malay Mail. As part of the #MYMediaMatters campaign he emphasises the importance of being part of a journalist…

Lina Attalah, Editor in Chief of the Egyptian investigative media outlet Mada Masr, was arrested on 17 May when she was interviewing a human rights…

The proposed International Productions Order law will allow Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) to access the telecommunications data…

Kyaw Lin, a journalist who reported for online independent news outlets, Myanmar Now and Development Media Group was assaulted and threatened by two…

Photographs of Rowena “Weng” Carranza-Paraan at the first all-women media safety training in the Philippines have been maliciously twisted in a…