Pakistan: PEMRA suspends 24NewsHD’s satellite broadcast

Pakistani authorities suspended satellite transmission of television channel News24HD from October 19 after it allegedly aired an opposition party...

US: IFJ calls for rethink on planned visa changes

Planned changes to the way the US issue visas for journalists threaten to “seriously jeopardise the exercise of journalistic freedom” the...

IFJ in the news !

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...

Libya: Journalist and media executive unlawfully arrested

Mohammed Baayou, the head of Libya’s state-owned Media Corporation, was arrested on 20 October in Tripoli. The International Federation of Journalists...

Nigeria : Media houses attacked and torched during protests in Lagos

Unidentified individuals attacked and torched the premises of Television Continental (TVC) and other media houses in Lagos on 21 October, resulting in...

Thailand: Court order to suspend online broadcaster revoked

An attempt by Thailand’s Digital Economy Ministry and the Royal Thai Police to retract the license of online broadcaster Voice TV has been rejected by...

Malaysia: Media union calls for exemption from work from home directive

The National Security Council (MKN) has issued a directive for all employees in both the public and private sectors to work from home effective...

Pakistan: State-owned Radio Pakistan sacks 749 media workers

State-owned Radio Pakistan announced on October 20 the sacking of 749 contractual employees effective immediately. The International Federation of...

United Kingdom: BBC Flexible Working Policy guides the implementation of flexible working models

To facilitate the reconciliation of family and professional life media companies should offer media workers flexible working arrangements and set up...

India: Media freedom campaigners call on government to halt use of sedition laws against journalists

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joined forces with the International Press Institute (IPI) to issue a joint call on the Indian...

India: J&K administration seals Kashmir Times office

The Jammu and Kashmir administration shut down the Srinagar office of Kashmir Times, one of the leading English-language dailies in the Kashmir...

Kosovo: Journalist Shkumbin Kajtazi’s car attacked for the second time in four months

On Sunday, 18 October, Kosovo journalist Shkumbin Kajtazi announced via a Facebook post that he had found his car damaged by several bullets that...

Netherlands: Union negotiates vital travel ban exemption for IFJ press card holders

Foreign journalists travelling to the Netherlands will be exempt from a travel ban and be able to leave quarantine to carry out vital newsgathering...

República Dominicana: Periodista es agredida por agente de la policía

La policía de República Dominicana agredió brutalmente el 18 de octubre a Dulce García Robles, periodista que protestaba por la libertad de un colega...

Thailand: Reporter arrested while covering protests

Police have arrested Prachatai journalist Kitti Pantapak as he recorded live coverage of the police crackdown on protestors in Bangkok on October 16....

Malaysia: Parliament to restrict media access

The Malaysian Parliament, in a decision attributed to the COVID-19 pandemic, has opted to limit press coverage of the upcoming parliamentary session...

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