News and Press Releases

Abdirisaq Qasim Iman, a cameraman working for privately owned Somali Broadcasting Services (SBS), was shot dead on Thursday, July 26 afternoon by a…

Journalist KK Saji and driver Bibin Babu, working for the local television Mathrubhumi News, died on assignment after their boat capsized on July 23…

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has condemned the killing of Mohammad Akhtar, a 31-year-old driver for Agence France Presse (AFP),…

Russian journalist Denis Suvorov was found dead by witnesses near a construction site in Nizhny Novgorod (east of Moscow), with a heavy wound in his…

Mahmudur Rahman, the editor of opposition-aligned Amar Desh daily, was brutally attacked by a pro-government mob outside the court in Kushita, western…

Sri Lanka’s Minister for Sustainable Development, Wildlife and Regional Development Sarath Fonseka asked an editor to withdraw a news item posted…

In recent days, journalists faced attacks and threats in recent days in Nepal while covering the demonstrations. The International Federation of…

Hong Kong’s security bureau proposed on July 17 to prohibit the operations of the Hong Kong Nationalist Party, using evidence from several media…

Filipino broadcaster Joey Llama was gunned down on his way to work earlier this morning, July 20, in Legaspi City, Albay in the central Philippines.…

Pakistan’s media and journalists are facing unprecedented pressure and intimidation ahead of the General Election 2018 scheduled for July 25.

The European Court of Human Rights released a judgement on 17 July, stating that the investigation of Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya‘s murder…

The International and European Federations of Journalists (IFF and EFJ) have raised their concerns over the repetitive attacks and acts of…

India’s federal National Investigative Agency (NIA) summoned Kashmir Observer daily’s Srinagar-based journalist Aqib Javed Hakim to New Delhi and…

Just days before the anniversary of her husband’s death, Liu Xia, wife of Liu Xiaobo has been granted permission to travel to Germany for medical…

After almost seven months in detention, earlier today, a court in Myanmar charged two Reuters journalists with obtaining secret state documents. The…

Veteran freelance journalist Chen Jieren and his wife were reportedly detained and taken into police custody from their home in Hunan province on…