News and Press Releases

Un fallo histórico condena a los responsables de los apremios sufridos por Claudia Julieta Duque, quien investigó la muerte de un activista por la paz…

Iranian censors have shut down Jahan Sanaat newspaper after it reported the comments of a health professional about the real number of Coronavirus…

A court in Algeria sentenced journalist Khaled Drareni to three years in prison on 10 August after he had reported on the anti-government…

More than 100 workers employed by the Tayba media group are to lose their jobs by the end of August following a decision of the government-appointed…

Diananta Putra Sumedi, a former chief editor of online local media banjarhits.id, was found guilty and sentenced to three months 15 days for his…

Abbas Ali Jutt, a journalist affiliated with Daily Sahafat and general secretary of Okara Union of Journalist, was attacked in Okara district, Punjab…

At least 19 journalists were detained and many others were prevented from covering the Belarusian presidential election held on Sunday, August 9. The…

Jimmy Lai, the high profile chairman of Next Gen and founder of Apple Daily, was arrested on the morning of August 10 on allegations of collusion with…

Sankalp Neb, a journalist from Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh, was booked for allegedly sharing an unverified Twitter post that suggested negative Covid-19…

Malaysian authorities have refused to renew the work visas of two of Al Jazeera’s journalists. It follows a police raid of the global broadcaster’s…

En una muestra de la situación de inseguridad a la que se exponen lxs comunicadores mexicanos, un periodista fue ultimado en Michoacán y una redacción…

Ika Ningtyas and Zainal Ishaq, two fact-checkers from Tempo.co and also members of the Alliance of Independent Journalists (AJI) Indonesia, were…

A new report, released in the Pacific Journalism Review on July 31, highlights the growing need to address media freedom in the region, particularly…

Unidentified men dressed in military uniform and armed with automatic weapons invaded the studios of Capital FM, 107 .7 in the Bilitar District of…

The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) plans to regulate social media use as part of the controversialanti-terror law. The International Federation…

The office of Les Echos newspaper in Dakar was attacked and vandalized by elements of the Moustarchidine Wal Moustarchidati movement on Monday, August…