News and Press Releases

Hundreds of media workers in Pakistan have been left jobless following the sudden closure of AAP news.

Every week the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) is compiling a list of the top news articles from across the world in which it is…

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro and his followers have been accused of continuing to attack journalists in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, in a…

Thirteen journalists have already lost their lives due to COVID-19 in Latin America and the Caribbean at the time of writing this article, a few days…

Sovann Rithy, the director of the TVFB news site, was arrested on the evening of Tuesday, April 7 for quoting Prime Minister Hun Sen who advised…

The House of Representatives is due to pass the revised Criminal Code, which has been widely criticised for violating press freedom and access to…

The IFJ joined its affiliate in Yemen, the Yemeni Journalists Syndicate (YJS), in calling for the release of all 20 journalists currently imprisoned…

The Indonesian National Police have intensified social media monitoring in efforts to prevent the dissemination of false information and comments that…

Governments and employers need to do more to protect jobs, wages and living standards amid the Covid-19 pandemic according to a new survey published…

Journalists in Ukraine are demanding action by government after a catastrophic fall in revenue has led to wage cuts, job losses and staff being forced…

A group of 37 national media unions from South Asia as well as global media advocacy and freedom of expression organisations today called for an end…

Some European countries have decided to limit and control journalists' questions during government press conferences during the COVID-19 pandemic. The…

Jonathan Jalon, a reporter of eMedia Production Network Inc., was asked by security personnel in the Zamboanga City Hall when he was about to cover a…

Four men accused of the murder of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl in Pakistan in 2002 were rearrested on April 4, a day after a court…

UPDATE 27.04.2020 Iraq’s Communications and Media Commission (CMC) has fined and banned Reuters news agency from operating following a report on the…

A Kathmandu Press article highlighting an alleged scam involving high level government employee and the sons of the defence minister and the prime…