News and Press Releases

Cambodia: Authorities confiscate journalists’ press card and materials

Authorities from the Meanchey district in the south-eastern part of Cambodia’s capital, Phnom Penh, confiscated An Vichet, a freelance journalists’…

Pakistan: Journalist in ICU after attack by a political mob

Ghulam Qadir Shar, a Pakistani journalist, working for Time News and Daily Panhanji Akhbar, was attacked by a local political leader’s supporters in…

Afghanistan: Governments must help Afghanistan’s human rights defenders

UPDATED 17.08.21 After a week of steady gains by Taliban militants, who captured dozens of cities across Afghanistan in a lightning offensive, the…

Philippines: Cyber-libel charges against Maria Ressa dismissed

A global coalition supporting Filipino journalist Maria Ressa has welcomed the dismissal of cyber-libel charges against the Rappler CEO and founder.…

Pakistan: Proposed media regulatory authority rejected by Pakistani media

A coalition of Pakistani media stakeholders and leaders is calling for the rejection of the proposed Pakistan Media Regularity Authority (PMDA) which…

Pakistan: Unknown killers murder journalist

Pakistani journalist, Kashif Hussain, was killed in Wanike Tarrar, a small town in the District of Hafizabad. The International Federation of…

China/Australia: Media calls on China to release Australian journalist Cheng Lei

One year on from her detainment by Chinese authorities on “suspicion of illegally supplying state secrets overseas”, a journalist and media collective…

Afghanistan: IFJ launches international solidarity campaign as Taliban violence threatens journalists

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has today launched an international solidarity campaign with Afghan journalists as the threat of…

Pakistan: Two Pakistani journalists arrested under the cybercrime act

Two Lahore-based journalists, Amir Mir and Imran Shafqat, were booked under the cybercrime act by the Pakistani Federal Investigation Agency (FIA).…

India: Former police constable allegedly stabs Andhra Pradesh journalist to death

Chennakeshavalu, a reporter who worked for local television news channel EV5, was killed in Nandyal, a city in the southeastern state of Andhra…

Cambodia: Concerns over government arbiter on media ethics

Cambodian journalists have expressed concern that a new ethics review mechanism launched by the Camboadian government on August 2 could be used to…

UK: NUJ and the IFJ urge government to offer assistance to Afghan journalists

UK media organisations and the IFJ’s affiliate the National Union of Journalists (NUJ) have written to Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Foreign…

China: Journalist jailed for providing information to human rights groups

On July 29, a Chinese court sentenced Zhou Wilin, a reporter for the human rights news website Weiquanqwang, to three years and six months in prison…

Afghanistan: US government includes Afghan journalists in US refugee program

The United States’ government announced on August 2 that it will provide Afghan nationals working at US-based media outlets and NGOs an opportunity to…

Malaysia: Riot police block opposition members from entering parliament

Opposition members of Malaysia’s parliament who marched to the parliamentary building on August 2 were met by a police blockade and threatened with…

Afghanistan: Taliban militants attack and abduct journalists

Taliban militants shot at a car carrying journalists Shakib Shams and Storio Karimi on August 1 in the Pol-e Malan area of Herat Province. The…

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