News and Press Releases

Myanmar: Court releases one of two detained US journalists

A Myanmar court dismissed the case against US journalist, Nathan Maung, freeing him after he was detained in March. The International Federation of…

Japan: Foreign journalists to be tracked by GPS at Tokyo Olympics

The president of the Tokyo Olympics, Seiko Hashimoto, announced on June 8 that international journalists will be tracked by GPS while they are in…

Taiwan: Unions call for vaccination of media workers after journalist death

Unions urged the Central Epidemic Command Centre (CECC) to consider journalists as frontline workers and be given vaccinations after the death of Next…

Hong Kong: Human rights concerns remain after anniversary of menacing SIM card registration program

A year on from the introduction of legislation on the SIM Card Registration Programme (SCRP), human rights concerns still remain imminent. The…

Malaysia: Media vaccinations urged so journalists can carry out work safely

Malaysia’s national journalist union is urging media companies to put journalist safety as a priority as the country continues to face huge numbers of…

Bangladesh: Journalist attacked at a railway station protest

Shahadat Hossain, a journalist for the Bengali language daily newspaper, Prothom Alo, was attacked on June 1 while reporting on a protest in…

Indonesia: Global media organisations condemn government internet regulation

Global media organisations sent a joint letter to Indonesia’s minister of Communication and Information Technology urging him to repeal Ministerial…

India: Supreme Court quashes FIR against journalist

The Supreme Court on May 27 quashed the First Information Report (FIR) against senior journalist, Vinod Dua, that accused him of spreading false…

Afghanistan: Ariana News journalist killed in targeted explosion

Mina Khairi, a 27-year-old presenter of Ariana News, who was seriously injured in targeted explosion on June 3 in Kabul, later died in hospital the…

Pakistan: Proposed media ordinance rejected by media stakeholders

Pakistani media stakeholders are calling on the Pakistan government to withdraw a proposed Pakistan Media Regularity Authority (PMDA) ordinance that…

Thailand: Myanmar journalists jailed for seven months for illegal entry to Thailand

Three journalists from the Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) were sentenced to seven months in jail and fined for entering Thailand illegally on May 28.…

Myanmar: Two journalists sentenced to jail by military court for spreading misinformation

A military court in Myanmar sentenced Aung Kyaw, a reporter from the Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB), and Ko Zaw Zaw, a freelance reporter with…

Pakistan: Journalist Ali Toor summoned for social media post

Asad Ali Toor, a journalist and vlogger known for his criticism of the Pakistani military, was summonsed on May 31 by the Federal Investigation…

Hong Kong: Former lawmaker denied bail for talking to foreign journalists

Claudia Mo, a former pro-democracy lawmaker, has been denied bail after the Hong Kong High Court cited Mo’s interviews and texts with reporters from…

Pakistan: Talk show host suspended following military pressure

Television talk show host, Hamid Mir, was taken off air on May 31 after he gave a speech critical of the Pakistani military at a rally protesting an…

Samoa: Elected leader locked out of parliament

Samoa’s prime minister-elect, Fiame Naomi Mata’afa, was locked out of parliament on May 24 after her opponent, Tuila’epa Sailele Malielegaoi claimed…

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