News and Press Releases

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

Leading Australian media companies Fairfax and Nine announced a $4 billion merger, resulting in a new conglomerate under the name Nine. The...

Mahmudur Rahman, the editor of opposition-aligned Amar Desh daily, was brutally attacked by a pro-government mob outside the court in Kushita, western...

In recent days, journalists faced attacks and threats in recent days in Nepal while covering the demonstrations. The International Federation of...

Filipino broadcaster Joey Llama was gunned down on his way to work earlier this morning, July 20, in Legaspi City, Albay in the central Philippines....

Pakistan’s media and journalists are facing unprecedented pressure and intimidation ahead of the General Election 2018 scheduled for July 25.

Just days before the anniversary of her husband’s death, Liu Xia, wife of Liu Xiaobo has been granted permission to travel to Germany for medical...

The IFJ has condemned an attack by the Chinese embassy in Stockholm against a Swedish Taiwan-based journalist Jojje Olsson and one of the newspaper he...

After almost seven months in detention, earlier today, a court in Myanmar charged two Reuters journalists with obtaining secret state documents. The...

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...

The Newsletter features a round-up of the latest activities and actions carried out by the IFJ across the world.