News and Press Releases

“If you criminalise news gathering, you are criminalising journalism. It is a moral duty for journalists to protect sources. Many have gone to jail to…

Malaysia's media reform trajectory has been stymied by political change and increased violations against media workers, according to an international…

La Federación Internacional de Periodistas celebró el último viernes un webinar sobre teletrabajo y equidad, en el que la periodista e investigadora…

Le Secrétaire général du Syndicat des professionnels de l’information et de la communication du Sénégal (SYNPICS), Bamba Kassé, a reçu des menaces de…

Media workers from Pakistan’s 24NewsHD are facing the possibility of job-losses after the channel was suspended by The Pakistan Electronic Media…

On 7 September, a Saudi court has issued a final verdict in the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, commuting the convicts’ previous death…

A series of assaults against local journalists has occurred in different cities in the country, ranging from verbal attacks to physical assault. The…

More than 150 Pakistani women journalists released a statement on September 7 detailing the gender-based attacks that are increasingly impacting their…

El organismo encargado de las comunicaciones del Poder Ejecutivo tildó de “planteamiento mediático" las denuncias de la Asociación de Periodistas de…

On 2 September, indigenous journalist Karl Dockstader was arrested and charged with criminal mischief after covering a Caledonia land dispute during…

An extraordinary general meeting of journalists in the Maldives elected a revived Maldives Journalist Association (MJA) executive committee on…

China correspondents for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) and the Australian Financial Review returned to Sydney on September 8 after…

Police arrested Somali radio journalists Khadar Awl Ismail and Abdiqani Ahmed Mohamed on 6 September for reporting the rape and murder of a woman. The…

Roberto Quiñones trabajaba para el medio independiente CubaNet, que no estaba alineado con el Gobierno. Fue arrestado por cubrir un juicio y luego…

On Monday 7 September, hearings for the extradition of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange to the United States will resume in the UK for at least three…

Cambodian authorities have prepared a decree allowing for the regulation of all web traffic to be routed through a ‘national internet gateway’ in an…