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On 3 July, a new media law was approved in Russia that will have as a consequence that independent journalists who publish their work in media will be...

On Monday, July 2, Nauru President Baron Waqa announced that it would block the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) from covering the upcoming...

Following an investigation by the New York Times over Chinese ownership of a Sri Lanka port, Sri Lankan lawmakers have taken aim at two local NYT...

La Federación Internacional de Periodistas (FIP) se une su afiliado mexicano, el Sindicato Nacional de Redactores de la Prensa (SNRP), en condenar el...

A man killed five workers at the Annapolis Capital Gazette newspaper office in Maryland, USA on 28 June. The IFJ joins its US affiliates in denouncing...

Journalists, union leaders and media rights organizations under the umbrella of the South Asia Media Solidarity Network (SAMSN), the South East Asian...

Sandya Eknaligoda, wife of missing Sri Lankan journalist Prageeth Eknaligoda, has received continuous death threats and abuses through social media...

A journalist was brutally assaulted by the Gambian police while covering a story on 18 June.

Following months of debates and controversial discussions, the European Parliament's Legal Affairs Committee (JURI) adopted today its position on a...

BBC Persian news presenter Negin Shiraghaei today urged the United Nations Human Rights Council to help end the persecution of journalists and their...