Afghanistan: Radio Najarab silenced amid conflict

Broadcasts from Radio Najarab, a radio station in Najrab district of Kapisa Province, ceased from July 20 after staffers fled to save their lives amid...

Philippines: Radio commentator shot outside radio station

Radio commentator, Renante “Rey” Cortes, was shot dead on July 22 outside radio station, DyRB, in Barangay Mambaling in central Philippines . The...

Hong Kong: Authorities charge four Apple Daily journalists with collusion

Hong Kong’s national security police have arrested two senior editors and two editorial writers at Apple Daily on July 21, weeks after the media...

Cambodia: Local reporter charged with incitement over posts about vaccines

Cambodian journalist Kouv Piseth is facing a possible five year sentence after he posted criticisms on Facebook about the Cambodian government’s...

Afghanistan: U.S. government pressed for humanitarian support for Afghani journalists

A group of U.S. news and press freedom organisation have sent joint letters to President Joseph Biden, Secretary of State Antony Blinken and...

Bangladesh: Journalist detained under Digital Security Act for a Facebook post

Police arrested Md Akhtaruzzaman on July 18 under the Digital Security Act (DSA) for a Facebook post accusing a health official and his office...

Hong Kong: Journalists association release report on the deterioration of press freedom

On July 15, the Hong Kong Journalists Association (HKJA) published their 2021 annual report on the effects of a repressive government on the media....

Afghanistan: Reuters journalist Danish Siddiqui killed in crossfire

Danish Siddiqui, an Indian photojournalist with Reuters news agency, was killed in crossfire while covering a fierce battle between Afghan security...

Bangladesh: Thugs arrested after brutal beating of journalist

Police have arrested three people in connection to an attack on Bahannor Alo correspondent Selim Shamrat, who was attacked while investigating an...

Myanmar: Journalist rearrested following mass release of detainees

Aung Mya Than, a reporter for the Ayeyarwady Times, was arrested at 11:00pm on July 10 at his home in Maubin following his reporting of a bombing by...

Bangladesh: Journalists targeted by authorities under the Digital Security Act

On July 10, Bangladesh authorities launched investigations into journalists, Tanvir Hasan Tanu, Rahim Shuvo, and Adbudl Latif Latu, under the Digital...

Vietnam: Former editor and pro-democracy activist jailed

A Vietnam court sentenced Pham Chi Thanh to five years and six months in prison, followed by five years of probation for allegedly disseminating...

Samoa: Caretaker Prime Minister instigates sexist attack on female journalists

Prior to the start of a televised interview session by TV3 and Radio Polynesia Reporter, Rula Su’a Vaai, Samoa’s caretaker Prime Minister instructed...

Pakistan: IFJ and IRADA launch landmark review of Pakistan media labour laws

Despite the existence of a long-established and extensive constitutional and legal framework, Pakistan’s media workers face a redundant and...

Afghanistan: Taliban disrupts media outlets in northern provinces

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has received reports of the Taliban controlling and disrupting media outlets since tensions...

India: Authorities open defamation cases against three journalists

Authorities in the district of Shahjahanpur opened defamation investigations into Nidhi Suresh, a Newslaundry reporter, Manoj Shukla, a reporter for...

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