News and Press Releases

Chen Jiaping, a Beijing-based documentary filmmaker, was arrested by Chinese authorities and charged for allegedly subverting the state after covering…

News outlets in Jakarta and in provinces across Indonesia have started to cut the salaries of the media workers amid the Covid-19 outbreak. The…

Faced with economic challenges due to the Covid-19 crisis, multiple media outlets in India have resorted to staff layoffs, extended leave without pay…

Around 3,500 jurists, academicians, actors, artists, writers have protested against the Uttar Pradesh (UP) government for filing criminal charges…

Journalists in Timor Leste face pay cuts amid the Covid-19 outbreak. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliate the Timor…

Cambodia’s national assembly has approved a state emergency law on Friday, April 10 that will give the government powers to monitor communications,…

Authorities in Malaysia have been instructed to take action against online media publishing inaccurate and misleading news. The International…

The Australian federal government has announced almost $100-million support package for regional journalism, including tax relief for television and…

The High Court has thrown out the warrant used by the Australian Federal Police officers to search the home of a News Corporation journalist in June…

The English news program, Radio Television Hong Kong (RTHK) was criticised by the Hong Kong government after a reporter asked a World Health…

The second post-mortem report of the slain journalist Aziz Memon indicates that he was murdered. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and…

Journalists union leaders in Pakistan have negotiated a Covid-19 relief package in Punjab which will ensure compensation for those who contract the…

Hundreds of media workers in Pakistan have been left jobless following the sudden closure of AAP news.

Sovann Rithy, the director of the TVFB news site, was arrested on the evening of Tuesday, April 7 for quoting Prime Minister Hun Sen who advised…

The House of Representatives is due to pass the revised Criminal Code, which has been widely criticised for violating press freedom and access to…

The Indonesian National Police have intensified social media monitoring in efforts to prevent the dissemination of false information and comments that…