News and Press Releases

Journalist unions and representative organisations in the Asia Pacific are disturbed by the “cease and desist” order that forced Philippines...

Journalists from non-government owned media outlets were barred from covering Malaysia’s lower-house parliamentary proceedings May 18. The...

The Australian federal government’s communications minister Paul Fletcher requested ABC employees to go without a pay rise for the next six months....

New York Times correspondent Chris Buckley was expelled from China earlier in May, the same day as the United States (US) announced new visa...

Journalists in Malaysia are concerned at increasing controls on press freedom as they advocate for much-needed reforms to protect media workers from...

Journalist organisations together with media company associations and the Indonesian Press Council have called on the government to support the media,...

Sok Oudom, the owner of Rithysen radio station and website, was arrested and charged with broadcasting false news on a local land dispute in Kampong...

The Uttar Pradesh (UP) government has filed a First Information Report (FIR) against Today 24 news journalist Ravindra Saxena for his report...

A group of protesting migrant workers attacked ABP Gujarati correspondent Hardik Joshi in Gujarat’s Shapar area, injuring him critically. The...

Radzi Razak is a journalist with the Malay Mail. As part of the #MYMediaMatters campaign he emphasises the importance of being part of a journalist...

The proposed International Productions Order law will allow Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) to access the telecommunications data...

Kyaw Lin, a journalist who reported for online independent news outlets, Myanmar Now and Development Media Group was assaulted and threatened by two...

Photographs of Rowena “Weng” Carranza-Paraan at the first all-women media safety training in the Philippines have been maliciously twisted in a...

The English-language newspaper, Myanmar Times announced plans to lay off 70 employees, including 30 journalists. The International Federation of...

Alyaa Alhadjri, a senior reporter at Malaysiakini, describes the situation for journalists in Malaysia as part of the #MYMediaMatters campaign,...

Today is the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia (IDAHOBIT). The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins the...