News and Press Releases

Qais Javed, a journalist affiliated with Ehadnama media news, was shot dead in front of his home on the night of December 7 in the north western city...

Senior journalist and editor of Vijaya Times, Vijayalakshmi Shibaroor, was allegedly threatened and physically assaulted by a violent mob, while...

Gujarat Police registered a First Information Report (FIR) against three reporters and a photographer who entered the Rajkot Taluka police station on...

Every week the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) is compiling a list of the top news articles from across the world in which it is...

The BBC has closed the Sinhala Radio service broadcast due to financial crisis, effective from November 30. The International Federation of...

Hong Kong media magnate Jimmy Lai has been denied bail after being formally charged with fraud on December 3. The International Federation of...

A Tamil journalist locally known as Gokulan, affiliated with Battinews.com was arrested by the Sri Lankan Terrorism Investigation Division (TID) on...

Rakesh Singh Nirbhek, a reporter working for Rashtriya waroop newspaper and his friend Pintu Sahu were assaulted and suffered fatal burn wounds when...

Wan Yiu-sing, an online radio host for channel D100, was arrested on suspicion of money laundering and incitement of secession under Hong Kong’s new...

Black Friday, celebrated every November 27, is a date that e-commerce platforms like Amazon usually take advantage of to obtain strong income due to...

Every week the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) is compiling a list of the top news articles from across the world in which it is...

The IFJ tips to report harassment and abuse on social media platforms.

Milan Mahanta, a correspondent for Assamese daily newspaper Assomiya Pratidin, was tied to a post and beaten by numerous assailants on November 16,...

The Hong Kong High Court granted a judicial review application regarding police operations during the 2019 protests, describing the current police...

Eleven years on from the Ampatuan Massacre, the world’s deadliest attack against journalists, impunity for crimes against journalists continues in the...

Nirmala Maulana, who works for a national online media Kompas.com, was assaulted by members of the military when covering the removal banners of Islam...