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,…

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…

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

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…

At least two more journalists have been confirmed to have been killed and more than 160 injured amid violent nationwide protests in Bangladesh that…

At least one journalist has been killed as protests against government hiring quotas continue across Bangladesh, with hundreds killed, injured or…

Selina Cheng, newly elected chairperson of the Hong Kong Journalists Association (HKJA), has been terminated from her position at the Wall Street…

Aaj News journalist Hasan Zaib has been shot dead in the Nowshera district of Pakistan’s northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province by unknown…

On July 8, the Kenyan High Court sitting in Kajiado ruled that the 2022 killing of Pakistani journalist Arshad Sharif by Kenyan law enforcement…

Journalist and prominent government critic Aidos Sadykov died on July 2, after a shooting in Kyiv on June 18 left him comatose and hospitalised. The…

Earlier this year, China arrested two ethnic Kazakh journalists in the northwestern province of Xinjiang, while jailed journalist and activist Sophie…

Journalist Shivshankar Jha was fatally stabbed on June 25 in Bihar’s northwest, with Jha’s family claiming the killing was coordinated by an organised…

Tribrata TV journalist Sempurna Pasaribu and three members of his family were tragically killed on June 27 in a fire at their home in Karo Regency,…