News and Press Releases

Journalists at the BBC’s Cairo bureau have started a ten-day strike in a dispute about pay. It follows a one-day strike in June and a three-day strike…

Iranian photojournalist Mohammad Hossein Velayati was arrested by Taliban officials at Kabul International Airport on August 19 as he attempted to…

Independent news agency The Kashmir Walla has reported that its website and social media accounts are now unreachable in India. The International…

Dissident journalists Elena Kostyuchenko, a former reporter for the investigative newspaper Novaya Gazeta, and Irina Babloyan, previously a journalist…

Journalist Vimal Kumar Yadav was fatally shot in the chest outside his house in Bihar state in Eastern India on August 18. The International…

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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…

On August 17, journalist Mohamed Ibrahim Bulbul, Editor in Chief of Kaab Somali TV, was arrested and taken into custody in Mogadishu after allegedly…

Sukkur Police have registered the case of assassinated senior journalist Jan Mohammad after the journalist’s brother petitioned a report saying he was…

Members of the Jamaat-e-Islami and its student organisation, Islami Chhatra Shibir, attacked five television journalists late in the hours of August…

Maharashtra journalist Sandeep Mahajan was assaulted by a group of men on August 9 after publishing statements online about Maharashtra’s chief…

After a wave of media arrests in early August, a further three journalists were taken in by the Taliban government personnel in Kandahar province on…

Timor Leste’s newest government should defend the country’s public broadcaster Rádio e Televisão de Timor-Leste (RTTL) and its vital role as a voice…

The South Asia Media Solidarity Network (SAMSN) today called for urgent international support to help Afghan journalists and media workers displaced…

India’s parliament has passed legislation that threatens to increase government surveillance, undermine freedom of information, and impact press…

The availability of news and information in Afghanistan has shrunk dramatically since the Taliban take over. Of more than 90 printed newspapers…

Journalists in Afghanistan face some of the toughest conditions in the world. From the time of the Taliban take over, in August 2021, their situation…