News and Press Releases

Imran Riaz Khan, a well-known Pakistani YouTuber and tv anchor, was arrested and placed on judicial remand by the Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) in…

Concerns have been raised by Malaysia’s media community at a government review of the country’s media accreditation cards, with card validity periods…

[UPDATED 06.03.2024] At least ninety-eight Palestinian journalists and media workers have been killed, several have been injured and others are…

Kashmiri journalist Aasif Sultan has been arrested two days after his release on bail, with the journalist charged and detained without trial for the…

Digital and Communications Minister Fahmi Fadzil announced the long-awaited approval of a bill by the Malaysian cabinet to establish a self-regulating…

Federal authorities arrested journalist and blogger Asad Ali Toor on February 26 as he responded to a Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) summons,…

Two journalists have sustained serious injuries after being attacked by a mob during their coverage of the recovery of a missing woman’s body in the…

Media organisations, unions, and press freedom groups have raised concerns at a revised Code of Ethics for Journalists, launched by Malaysian…

The body of Western News journalist Myat Thu Tan has been found after he was shot and killed by military personnel on January 31, along with seven…

Broadcast journalist Jyotiranjan Mohapatra sustained serious injuries after an attack by four people riding motorcycles in the eastern Odisha state on…

London-based reporter Clare Rewcastle Brown has been sentenced in absentia to two years in prison after being found guilty of criminal defamation…

On February 5, a Chinese court sentenced Australian blogger, academic, and pro-democracy activist Dr Yang Hengjun to a suspended death sentence,…

Journalists Wong Ka-ho and Ma Kai-chung have been found guilty by a Hong Kong court of unlawfully entering the city’s legislative council on July 1,…

On the third anniversary of the military coup in Myanmar, Global Unions call on the European Union (EU) to reevaluate its policies towards Myanmar, as…

Pakistan’s Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has issued summons for 47 journalists and YouTubers, with authorities to question the media figures on…

Continuing its crackdown on independent media in 2024, three journalists were detained by the Taliban’s intelligence agency over two days in Kabul.…