News and Press Releases

The Conselho de Imprensa (Press Council) of Timor-Leste (CITL) has expressed its serious concerns at the misleading representation of the situation of...

Umesh Pokharel, the South Asia Coordinator of the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) spoke to Hujatullah Mujadidi, President of the Union...

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its Asia-Pacific regional affiliate unions and associations condemn the September 7 arrest of...

Two journalists at ATN News have been assaulted by Barind Multipurpose Development Authority (BMDA) staffers for reporting on claims that employees of...

Multiple journalists have been harassed and intimidated for their coverage of fuel smuggling in Mataram in the West Nusa Tenggara province. The...

The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) has blocked the transmission of BOL News and BOL Entertainment, revoking the broadcasting...

Papua New Guinea’s Prime Ministerial Office has announced the Prime Minister will no longer accept direct communication with journalists, threatening...

Angad Singh, an American journalist of Indian origin, was denied entry into India and deported back to the United States on August 24. The...

Nurcholis Lamau, an editor with online news outlet Cermat, was repeatedly assaulted and harassed by Tidore Island’s deputy mayor and members of his...

Senior journalist and president of the Shorkot Press Club, Muhammad Younis, was killed by two gunmen in the Punjab province on August 27. The same...

High Court judge Wilson Chan has upheld a warrant to give Hong Kong police permission to search two phones owned by imprisoned media tycoon and...

Business tycoon Gautam Adani, who is considered close to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, is set to buy a 29.18% share of NDTV (New Delhi...

A Vietnamese court has upheld a nine-year prison sentence for journalist and prominent activist, Pham Doan Trang, rejecting her appeal against an...

A freelance photographer was violently detained by junta troops and former photojournalist Ko Zaw Zaw was sentenced to three years in prison on August...

The government of Solomon Islands has threatened to ban or deport foreign journalists ‘disrespectful’ of the country’s relationship with China,...

Despite progress and promises made by the current Maldivian government to address press freedom, there are still obstacles for journalists in the...