News and Press Releases

Mohammad Tayyab and Ali Raza, two reporters of Channel 24 News, were brutally beaten by a group of lawyers in Faisalabad, the second-largest city in...

Two reporters were arrested in Preah Sihanouk province in the south-west of Cambodia after they covered the protest of an ongoing land dispute on...

UPDATED 25.07.2019 A French TV crew was charged with trespassing while covering a protest against Australian coal mining giant Adani’s Carmichael coal...

Journalists in Pakistan are facing financial instability with reports that some have not been paid for over three months, while others have had their...

UMNO’s Lembah Pantai division expelled non-Malay reporters from covering its annual general meeting on Sunday, July 14. The International Federation...

An opposition leader in Botswana has been accused of abusing a female journalist on social media.

Filipino journalist Fidelina Margarita Valle was arrested June 9, released nine hours later is a case of ‘mistaken identity’. The International...

Australia’s public broadcaster, ABC had its Sydney offices raided today by Australian Federal Police (AFP) officers, the day after AFP raided the...

On June 4, Australian Federal Police (AFP) officers raided the home of News Corp journalist Annika Smethurst over a story she wrote in April 2018. The...

Australian media outlet News Corp has announced that it will cut 55 editorial positions, targeting journalists that lack digital skills. The...

Mohammed Rizvi Maharoof was released following a week-long detention, after his arrest under the Prevention of Terrorism Act in late May. The...

A journalist with local television station Channel Mandalay was arrested covering a protest at a cement factory on May 15. He remains in police...

13 journalists working for Russian newspaper Kommersant -the whole politics desk- resigned in protest over the dismissal of two colleagues for...

Journalists were attacked and social media was blocked, as protests broke out in central Jakarta on May 22. The International Federation of...

The Duterte Administration in the Philippines has named several journalists and media organisations as part of an alleged plot to overthrow his...

New provisions to the Media Council Act were tabled by the Nepal government on May 9, which will further tighten control on media in the country. The...