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Three in four journalists have faced official restrictions, obstruction or intimidation in reporting on Covid-19, according to a major new survey of...

Syed Hassan Abbas is a senior journalist from Pakistan and has been defending media freedom and rights for more than 20 years. He has been President...

What is your biggest concern for press freedom in your country? What are your daily challenges as a journalist? What are the most important stories...

On April 19, Chinese authorities arrested two media workers based in Beijing, Cai Wei and his girlfriend Tang. They voluntarily contributed to...

Local journalist Saeed Qaisar Inphool Nagar was found hanging in a building in the Kasur district, 40 km from Lahore on April 29. He had been missing...

Journalists at Vedomosti, one of Russia’s most prominent business publications, have demanded the removal of Editor in Chief, Andrey Shmarov, for what...

Farah Marshita Abdul Patah is a journalist working in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. She started her career in journalism in 2009 with Malaysia’s leading...

D Andrew Sam Raja Pandian, the founder of SimpliCity, a bi-lingual news portal in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu is in judicial custody for his reports ...

Sajal Bhuiyan, the Narsingdi district correspondent for SA Television was punched, kicked and beaten by men wielding batons while collecting...

Arnab Goswami, owner and editor-in-chief of Republic TV and his wife, were allegedly attacked by two men on a motorbike in a Mumbai parking lot. The...

Tongam Rina, the associate editor of The Arunachal Times has been the target of online trolling, and threats of physical violence in several online...

Hong Kong’s media industry must urgently adapt to the unprecedented circumstances as a result of Covid-19 and an overall decline in turnover to avoid...

Police in Srinagar filed separate First Information Reports (FIR) against Kashmiri photojournalist Masrat Zahra and journalist Gowhar Geelani and...

Chechen Governor Ramzan Kadyrov has threatened Russian journalist Elena Milashina for reporting about a shortage of protective equipment amongst...

A politician has accused media workers who shared a story on the alleged misappropriation of Covid-19 relief rice in Bangladesh of breaching the...

Nepal has been under a countrywide lockdown since March 24 but for most journalists 'working from home' is not a privilege available to them.