News and Press Releases

Sath Chanbuth, a journalist for Rasmei Kampuchea Daily and Apsara TV, was questioned on December 2 for his interview about a land theft conflict...

A number of journalists in Cambodia are facing baseless charges that are restricting their ability and freedom to carry out journalistic duties. The...

A former reporter for Voice TV in Thailand was sentenced to two years’ jail by a Lopburi court on Tuesday, December 24, for tweeting about the...

Police in Dhaka, Bangladesh arrested Abul Asad, Editor of Daily Sangram on December 13 after he described an executed opposition leader convicted for...

The masterminds behind the killing of 58 people, including 32 media workers, were found guilty of murder on December 19. The International Federation...

Journalists attempting to enter Macau to interview China’s president, Xi Jinping, were refused entry at border checkpoints. The International...

A correspondent for Sri Lanka’s Daily Mirror and Lankadeepa was attacked by club-wielding assailants in his home on December 6. The International...

The Indian Government has imposed internet shutdowns in Assam and Tripura states amid ongoing protests against the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill 2019....

Syrian Kurdish journalist Hamberfan Kosah has been held under arrest without explicit and public charges in Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia) airport since...

Police officers grabbed the phone of IDN Times journalist Helmi Shemi, deleting his footage of the Jakarta protests on Human Rights Day. The...

Police attacked Suman Chapagain, a journalist with Nagarik News while he was reporting on protests at the Dasrath stadium in Kathmandu during the 13th...

Rajendra Prasad Adhikari, correspondent for News24 Television, has allegedly been threatened and abused by the Kaski district police after he reported...

We, undersigned General Secretaries of the Global Unions representing sectors of activities where workers rights are denied, request the Duterte...

Philippines’ president, Rodrigo Duterte, has threatened to block the license renewal of the country’s largest broadcasting company, ABS-CBN. The...

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) today marked Human Rights Day (December, 10) by condemning violations of the rights and freedoms of...