RTHK ban live-broadcast of pro-independence activist’s speech

Later today, August 14, the Foreign Correspondent’s Club of Hong Kong (FCCHK) will host a lunch speech by pro-independence activist Andy Chan. RTHK...

Taliban burn down radio and TV station in Ghazni, Afghanistan

Taliban attacks on Ghazni province in Afghanistan saw the incineration of a local radio and television station; and the death of media technician...

Medical association leader threatens Sri Lankan media with “traitor list”

The President of the Government Medical Officers Association (GMOA) of Sri Lanka has issued a direct threat to a journalist and publicly warned the...

Nepal journalists physically attacked

In less than one week, two incidents of journalists being physically attacked in Nepal have raised concerns about safety. Journalists Chhabilal Tiwari...

Raajje TV receive maximum fine under draconian defamation law

The Maldives Broadcasting Commission (MBC) has fined opposition-aligned Raajje TV with an exorbitant MVR two million (USD 130,000) for live...

IFJ, SAMSN demand release of Shahidul Alam in Bangladesh

In a letter to the Prime Minister of Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina, the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), the South Asia Media Solidarity...

Harassment of media by Taiwan officials continues

For the third time in less than a year, the Taipei City Government has intervened with media reporting, raising serious concerns about its commitment...

IFJ Blog: A letter to students – to be, or not to be, a Hong Kong journalist?

A letter to Hong Kong journalism students from the chair of the Hong Kong Journalists Association, Chris Yeung.

Activist forcibly detained during television interview in China

During a live television interview with Voice of America’s (VOA) mandarin program, Sun Wenguang was forcibly arrested by Chinese security forces who...

Beijing attempts to block pro-independence activist talk

Days after the Foreign Correspondent’s Club of Hong Kong (FCCHK), announced pro-independence activity, Andy Chan, as a speaker at a lunch event, the...

Photojournalist Shahidul Alam arrested in Bangladesh

Policemen in plain clothes stormed the house of veteran photojournalist Shahidul Alam in Dhanmondi, Dhaka on the evening of Sunday, August 5, and...

Shots fired at TV anchor’s house in Lahore, Pakistan

Unidentified gunmen fired shots at Express News TV anchor Imran Khan’s house in Lahore, the capital of Punjab Province in north-eastern Pakistan on...

Journalists attacked, threatened and arrested covering strikes in the Philippines

Several journalists were attacked, threatened and arrested as they covered the strike of workers at the NutriAsia factory in Marilao, Bulacan in the...

TV journalists attacked by illegal sand miners in Punjab, India

Journalists Sandeep Kumar and Neeraj Bali of News18 TV were attacked in Jalalabad in Punjab, India on July 30 while reporting on the illegal sand...

Information withheld following blast outside US Embassy in Beijing

Information following an explosion outside the United States Embassy in Beijing on July 26 has raised questions about access to information in China,...

India: IFJ mourns deaths of media staff in boat accident in Kerala

Journalist KK Saji and driver Bibin Babu, working for the local television Mathrubhumi News, died on assignment after their boat capsized on July 23...

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