Afghanistan: Nine journalists killed in Kabul suicide attack

According to reports, 9 journalists, including a female journalist, were killed in Kabul, Afghanistan in back-to-back suicide attacks, the second of...

Indian journalist subjected of harsh online harassment

Investigative journalist Rana Ayyub has been subjected of relentless doxing, online abuse and violent threats including death threats in India.

Public protest turns violent for media in Taiwan

Following a decision by the Taiwanese government to look at reforms for the civil servant pension, protests broke out outside the Legislative Yuan in...

Unidentified gunmen shoot TV journalist dead in Kandahar, Afghanistan

Two unknown gunmen shot dead Kabul News TV journalist Abdul Manan Arghand, 31, on April 25, 2018 at Yarana Market in the outskirts of Kandahar city,...

Growing health concerns for detained journalist in China

Huang Qi has been in police detention in Sichuan in China since December 2016. Serious concerns have now been raised about his deteriorating health....

World Book and Copyright Day: Enforce moral rights to fight misinformation

Everyone needs reliable information and ways to fight misinformation – and that requires sound protection of authors' moral rights, say the...

Petrol bomb hurled at editor’s residence in India

Two masked men on a motorbike threw a ‘petrol bomb’ (an improvised explosive device) on the wall of the house of Patricia Mukhim, the editor of The...

Journalist sexually harassed covering sports event in Hong Kong

During a Rugby Sevens event at the Hong Kong Stadium on April 8, a female reporter was sexually harassed by two members of the public during a live...

Hong Kong press freedom at lowest level

Hong Kong’s Press Freedom Index is now at its lowest since records began in 2013. According to the Hong Kong Journalists Association (HKJA) annual...

Journalists assaulted while covering poll violence in Kolkata, India

Photojournalist Biplab Mondal of The Times of India daily was forcibly undressed, illegally confined and beaten while other journalists and...

Mob attempts to intimidate Sirasa TV in Sri Lanka

A mob shouted slogans and set off firecrackers at the main gate of the Sirasa TV in Colombo, Sri Lanka on April 4, 2018 in protest against the...

‘Rumours’ see two journalists arrested in China

The arrest of two journalists in Inner Mongolia last week has raised serious questions about media freedom in the region. The International Federation...

China: No media coverage of campaign for justice

Wang Quanzhang has been in police custody for 1,000 days, during which time, his family and legal team have denied visitation rights. On April 4,...

India forms committee to regulate online media

After the failed attempt to implement a policy to suspend journalist’s accreditation over fake news, the Information and Broadcasting Ministry of...

Hong Kong independence comments lead to freedom of speech row

Benny Tai, an associate professor in law at the University of Hong Kong made comments at a forum in Taiwan in late March, which have been widely...

IFJ AP Director Jacqui Park leaves

Jacqui Park has stepped down as IFJ Asia Pacific Director to pursue new opportunities in journalism.

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