News and Press Releases

Three years after the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan, on August 15, 2021, journalists and media workers continue to face escalating challenges,…

The founder and director of private online station Radio M and the Maghreb Emergent media, Ihsane El Kadi, has been deprived of freedom for 600 days.…

Russian internet monitoring services reported widespread slowdowns of online platform YouTube on 8 August, making it nearly inaccessible without using…

Israel’s strategy of delegitimising the work of critical media and suggesting that Gaza’s journalists might be accomplices of terrorism is extremely…

The Association of Iranian Journalists (AoIJ) has called upon the recently elected president, and newly formed government, to reopen its office in the…

Three Malaysiakini journalists were summoned by police after publishing an article covering claims of a significant leadership reshuffle within the…

[UPDATED 12.08.2024] At least 122 Palestinian journalists and media workers have been killed, several have been injured and others are missing during…

A court in the Philippines has overturned a government order to shutter embattled digital media outlet Rappler, a significant victory for press…

Today, 9 August 2024, marks four years since the fraudulent presidential election took place in Belarus, which intensified the crackdown on…

Badour Oumar Ali, editor-in-chief of the country’s leading online news site, Tchadinfos, was released after 24 hours in custody. Oumar Ali was…

As the third anniversary of the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan approaches on August 15, the country’s media continues to face severe challenges…

Numerous journalists were attacked by the security forces and aggressors across cities in Nigeria on 3 August while covering the nationwide protests…

Broadcast journalist M Rameshchandra was allegedly assaulted by a policeman while covering a rally in the Imphal East District of Manipur. The…

As long-running and controversial political leader Sheikh Hasina fled the country, media workers reporting on the crisis remain at the frontline of a…

Since 29 July 2024, FoNet journalist Tamara Skrozza has been subjected to a coordinated defamation campaign by media outlets closely aligned with the…

On 1 August, Georgia's bill on Transparency of Foreign Influence came into force, posing a severe threat to press freedom and democracy, with the…