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Police have arrested Prachatai journalist Kitti Pantapak as he recorded live coverage of the police crackdown on protestors in Bangkok on October 16.…

The Malaysian Parliament, in a decision attributed to the COVID-19 pandemic, has opted to limit press coverage of the upcoming parliamentary session…

Ramesh Rath, a senior journalist affiliated with Odisha Television (OTV) was arrested in Odisha’s capital Bhubaneswar on October 15. The International…

Hong Kong’s national security police officers raided the private offices of pro-democracy activist and media tycoon Jimmy Lai, on October 15. The…

On 15 October, the Houthi rebels in Yemeni capital city Sana'a released five journalists as part of a prisoner exchange with the internationally…

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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…

Luego de que la periodista y líder indígena guatemalteca Anastasia Mejía declarara ayer ante la Justicia, distintas organizaciones de la prensa de ese…

On 16 October 2017, journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia was assassinated in Malta. Three years later we, the undersigned 19 international free…

The Thai government has issued an emergency decree prohibiting gatherings of more than five people, alongside a nationwide ban on the broadcasting of…

Un grupo de periodistas de Iguala publicó una carta abierta en la que reclama seguridad a las autoridades y pide evitar más asesinatos de…

Journalists Shanmugam Thavaseelan and Kanapathipillai Kumanan, correspondents for the Tamil Guardian, were attacked by timber smugglers on October 12…

Ante las amenazas de muerte recibidas la semana pasada por lxs periodistas peruanxs Paola Ugaz y Pedro Salinas, quienes han investigado abusos…

On 8 October, the Armenian authorities decided to amend the martial law declared on 27 September 2020, which from now on prohibits the publication of…

Un projet de loi audiovisuel, qui sera discuté la semaine prochaine au parlement tunisien, modifie le mode de désignation des membres de l'instance de…

Ante el fallecimiento del periodista dominicano Andrés Estrella Núñez, quien fue encontrado sin vida el último viernes en Santo Domingo, la Federación…

The Yemeni Journalists' Syndicate (YJS) has detailed 22 violations of press freedom in the country between July and September 2020, ranging from…