News and Press Releases

Malaysia’s parliamentary speaker Azhar Arizan Harun announced on September 8, the new government led by prime minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob will…

Journalists are threatening to strike over the refusal of news agency Agence France Presse to increase its below-inflation pay offer to staff in…

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…

Reporters have been prevented from covering a vaccine drive amongst Myanmar’s Rohingya population in Rakhine State after their access to internally…

On September 8, Jammu and Kashmir authorities raided the homes of four journalists in Srinagar before their temporary detainment and questioning. The…

Police summoned Le Média journalist Thomas Dietrich to Puteaux police station (Paris), where he was interrogated for two hours over a recent…

Taliban militants arrested more than 14 media workers, including reporters and crew members, for their coverage of the anti-Pakistan and Women’s…

The Malaysian Civil Society Organisations (CSO) Platform for Reform are demanding the reinstatement of the moratorium on the Sedition Act 1948 and for…

Hong Kong media group, Next Digital, known for its popular pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily and owned by jailed media magnate Jimmy Lai, filed for…

Several countries and press freedom groups have warned of human rights violations in South Sudan, including the harassment of journalists and media…

Un juzgado de Guatemala desestimó el pasado 3 de septiembre los cargos de sedición contra la periodista indígena Anastasia Mejía Tiriquiz, arrestada…

Local media groups left in Afghanistan met with Taliban leaders on September 3 to address concerns around journalist safety. The International…

Fahim Dashti, a veteran leader of the Afghanistan National Journalist Union (ANJU), was killed in Panjshir province on September 5 during a clash…

Concerns for the state of press freedom and freedom of expression in Afghanistan are escalating following the Taliban militant’s takeover, as mounting…