News and Press Releases

Malaysia’s lower house of parliament scheduled to sit for the first time since the change in government will only be accessible to journalists from...

The government's anti-communist task force posted offensive black propaganda on social media against ABS-CBN and Rappler chief executive officer Maria...

Ahmad Khan Nawid, host of Voice of Ghor Radio, was shot and killed in Firozkoh, Ghor province in police crossfire on May 9. The International...

The magistrate’s court in Putrajaya banned journalists from covering an open court proceeding against the eldest daughter of UMNO party president...

Cornelio Pepino, 48, was shot dead by two unidentified men after hosting his regular radio program on dyMD Energy 93.7 FM. The International...

The first five days of May has seen the arrest of five journalists under the draconian Digital Security Act (DSA) over their news articles and...

The ABS-CBN, one of the oldest television broadcasters in the Philippines, was forced off air on Tuesday night, May 5, after the National...

The special crimes investigation directorate of South Kalimantan police arrested Diananta Putra Sumedi, former chief editor of local online media,...

A Chinese journalist has been jailed for 15 years for reports posted on social media allegedly claiming corruption by Chinese party officials in Hunan...

Shafiqul Islam Kajol, a photojournalist who had been missing for nearly two months, was arrested on World Press Freedom Day, May 3, by Border Guard...

The parents of murdered US journalist Daniel Pearl filed an appeal to the Supreme Court of Pakistan on May 2, a day before the World Press Freedom...

On 4 May, German publisher Bauer Media notified its staff about 60 job losses and 15 stand downs in a Zoom meeting. This move has been heavily...

Solicitor general Jose Calida warned the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) against allowing the ABS-CBN television network to operate while...

Tashny Sukumaran, a correspondent for Hong Kong newspaper the South China Morning Post in Malaysia, has been summoned by the Malaysian police over her...

Cambodia is a country in the press freedom spotlight, for all the wrong reasons. Press violations are on the rise as the country’s long-serving prime...

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), the South Asia Media Solidarity Network (SAMSN) and its affiliates launch the 18th edition of the...