News and Press Releases

The National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) on June 30 ordered the independent ABS-CBN broadcaster to stop its digital broadcast on TVPlus in...

On the June 29, journalist Hofe Dada was confronted and assaulted while filming a piece on pollution levels at a factory in Aruachal Pradesh. The...

The controversial national security law for Hong Kong passed in Beijing today, sparking fears that the freedoms enjoyed by the semi-autonomous region...

Boo Su-Lyn, editor-in-chief of health news portal CodeBlue, has been summoned by the police for investigation under the Penal Code following the...

Congressman Mike Defensor has suggested that ABS-CBN shut down its news and current affairs branches once the network returns to air. The...

Cook Island politicians proposed a motion to ban Cook Islands News journalist, Rashneel Kumar from parliament after they criticised him for ‘unfair’...

Two TV stations were shut down by police as part of a growing media clampdown in Somaliland.The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins...

Experienced reporter and Yemeni Journalists Syndicate (YJS) board member Nabil Al Osaidi has repeatedly received phone call threats over the past few...

Aktuakity.sk journalist Peter Sabo found a bullet in his mailbox on 25 June, according announced today the news website editor-in-chief Peter Bárdy....

Ros Sokhet, a publisher for the Khmer Nation newspaper was arrested on June 25 for criticising prime minister Hun Sen on Facebook. The International...

China’s sophisticated and systematic strategy to embed itself in the global news landscape and build its discourse power beyond borders is one of the...

YouTube removed the live webinar ‘Exploring non-homophobic religions’ stating the content breached community guidelines. The International Federation...

Every week the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) is compiling a list of the top news articles from across the world in which it is...

Egyptian journalist and human rights advocate Nora Younis was arrested on 24 June by security forces for running an unlicensed website. The IFJ calls...

UPDATED 24 JULY Independent news website Index.hu has told its readers that the site’s staff and the whole newsroom were in danger due to “external...

Over 200 people, including 14 journalists, were arrested on June 21 during peaceful demonstrations against the arrest of presidential nominee Viktar...