News and Press Releases

Radio Nasim's manager and two reporters, who had previously been arrested by the Taliban in late September, were once again detained on October 7 by…

Western Australia (WA) police have demanded that the Australian Broadcast Corporation (ABC) hand over footage filmed for a documentary program…

Pakistan’s government has declared that all unregistered Afghan refugees must leave the country by November 1 or face deportation, raising concerns…

New legislation presented to Sri Lanka’s Parliament on October 2 has been criticised as impacting freedom of expression and information in online…

The offices of news outlet NewsClick and the residences of several journalists were raided by Delhi authorities on October 3, with founder Prabir…

Muhammad Khalid Jamil, the bureau chief of Ausaf Broadcast Network (ABN) News, was granted bail On September 29, after a September 23 decision placed…

Student journalists working with university publication The Democrat were subject to harassment, summoning, and ‘red-tagging’ from members of the…

On the occasion of the International Day for Universal Access to Information, celebrated on 28 September, the IFJ calls on governments across the…

The Afghan National journalists Union (ANJU) surveyed 433 journalists working in all parts of the country, collecting opinions in both quantifiable…

Ronson Chan, the head of the Hong Kong Journalists Association (HKJA), has been sentenced to five days in jail after allegedly obstructing police…

The trial of jailed journalist and women’s rights activist Huang Xueqin has begun after over two years in pre-trial detention, while supporters have…

The online news publication Inquirer.net withdrew an article detailing an alleged donation by the House of Representatives speaker to Boston’s Harvard…

The home of senior Pakistani journalist and Lahore Press Club president Azam Chaudhry was attacked by four unknown assailants on September 16. The…

News outlet Newstapa and broadcaster Joongang Tongyang Broadcasting Company (JTBC) have been raided by South Korean authorities after reporting in…

Journalists Fayaz Zafar and Amjad Ali Sahaab are facing similar misinformation and defamation charges in the Swat Valley region, amid a rising number…

Independent news outlet Rappler and its founder Maria Ressa have been acquitted of the final of five tax evasion charges launched in 2018 by the…