News and Press Releases

Taliban militants arrested more than 14 media workers, including reporters and crew members, for their coverage of the anti-Pakistan and Women’s...

The Malaysian Civil Society Organisations (CSO) Platform for Reform are demanding the reinstatement of the moratorium on the Sedition Act 1948 and for...

Hong Kong media group, Next Digital, known for its popular pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily and owned by jailed media magnate Jimmy Lai, filed for...

Several countries and press freedom groups have warned of human rights violations in South Sudan, including the harassment of journalists and media...

Un juzgado de Guatemala desestimó el pasado 3 de septiembre los cargos de sedición contra la periodista indígena Anastasia Mejía Tiriquiz, arrestada...

Local media groups left in Afghanistan met with Taliban leaders on September 3 to address concerns around journalist safety. The International...

Fahim Dashti, a veteran leader of the Afghanistan National Journalist Union (ANJU), was killed in Panjshir province on September 5 during a clash...

Concerns for the state of press freedom and freedom of expression in Afghanistan are escalating following the Taliban militant’s takeover, as mounting...

On August 28, journalists in the Philippines commemorated one year since ABS-CBN was forced to close 53 regional radio and television stations. The...

A week after Hong Kong’s public broadcaster, Radio Television Hong Kong (RTHK), published the new partnership with the Chinese Media Group, Hong...

Las denuncias de amenazas, hostigamiento y ataques contra trabajadorxs de prensa de todo el país no cesan. En el marco del Paro Nacional, se...

In recent days, several Maltese journalists and media outlets have been victims of online spoofing in what appears to be a major campaign to spread...

As the last US military forces departed Afghanistan and Taliban leaders celebrated ‘complete independence’ with rifle rounds in the air on August 30,...

Farida Nekzad is the managing editor of Pajhwok Afghan News, Afghanistan’s largest independent news agency, a 2008 winner of the prestigious...

Khyber TV reporter Abdul Mateen Achakzai and cameraperson Muhammad Ali were arrested while reporting in Kandahar city in southern Afghanistan on...

Afghan journalist Ali Reza Ahmadi, who was reporting from the chaotic scenes at Kabul airport, was among those killed in the deadly bombing outside...