News and Press Releases

Indian journalist and AltNews co-founder, Mohammed Zubair, was arrested on June 27, for a Twitter post police alleged hurt religious sentiment in the…

Members of student press organisation LPM Lintas, at the State Institute for Islamic Studies (IAIN) Ambon, have faced ongoing threats and intimation…

The Philippines’ National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) has blocked several independent media sites, accusing them of supporting terrorist…

On June 12, reporter Zhang Weihan was detained and mistreated by police in Tangshan, in the Hebei province, while reporting on an assault at a local…

Journalists Navika Kumar and Saba Naqvi have been booked under sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) for hosting a talk show and sharing a satirical…

Following the United Kingdom’s decision to extradite Julian Assange to face trial in the United States, the International Federation of Journalists’…

At least 10 local and international news organisations have been barred from covering the inauguration of incoming Chief Secretary John Lee and other…

One journalist is missing, and two others have been arrested by Taliban authorities since the beginning of June amid mounting attacks on…

Two working journalists and nine student journalists were arrested and charged with ‘malicious mischief and illegal assembly’ in Central Luzon on June…

Delegates attending the International Labour Conference (ILC) adopted a resolution to add the principle of a safe and healthy working environment to…

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…

Los medios de comunicación están muy lejos de proporcionar una cobertura acorde con la gravedad de la crisis climática, mientras que los/as…

In a continued slate of attacks against Afghan media, journalist Reza Shahir was beaten by Taliban militants for a second time on June 3 and three…

DBC News journalist Abdul Bari was found deceased at the bank of Hatirjheel lake in the Gulshan area of Dhaka on June 8. The International Federation…

IFJ delegates, meeting in Muscat, Oman, from 31 May to 3 June, elected the new members of the executive committee.

The State Investigation Agency of Jammu and Kashmir’s (J&K) police questioned the interim editor of The Kashmir Walla, Yashraj Sharma, on June 2,…