News and Press Releases

Bulgaria will elect a new Prosecutor General this autumn and a series of statements made by public officials against the press have raised...

Guardian journalist Owen Jones has been physically assaulted in London while celebrating his 35th birthday with friends in the early hours of Saturday...

The Kashmir Valley’s connection with the inside and the outside world has been cut — all internet connectivity, cellular, landline, and cable TV...

Global Times’ journalist Fu Guohao was attacked during protests at Hong Kong International Airport on August 13. The International Federation...

Communication in and out of the Indian region of Jammu and Kashmir has been blocked since August 4 following changes to the region’s autonomy in...

On 11th August, the Russian national communications regulator Roskomnadzor published a statement demanding Google to prevent its video-sharing service...

Brandon Lee, a journalist with Northern Dispatch Weekly, was shot and injured outside his house in Tungngod, Lagawe in Ifugao province, on August 6....

As protests broke out on the streets of Hong Kong over the weekend, journalists were again the targets of police brutality. One journalist was...

Two Sri Lankan army spies were charged with serious assault on a journalist and his wife as they drove to work in January 2009. The International...

On 3rd August, Moscow’s police has detained at least ten journalists covering a rally organized by opposition groups.

A student journalist was attacked and hit by the chancellor of State University of Makassar during the university’s 58th anniversary celebration. The...

Indonesian journalist Asnawi Luwi’s house was burned down, followed by an arson attack at the office of the Indonesian Journalists Association (PWI)...

[Updated on 5th August] Tanzanian police arrested prominent investigative journalist Erick Kabendera on Monday 29 July for questioning over his...

Sadiq Ibrahim Ahmed, president of the Federation of African Journalists (FAJ) and head of the Sudanese Journalists Union (SJU) was released by the...

Huang Qi, an investigative journalist and publisher of the human rights news website 64 Tianwang, was sentenced to 12 years in prison after months of...

A report from the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has found that the rise of Google, Facebook and similar businesses is a threat...