The Australian is known for his critical writings on Malaysian politics.

The IFJ Asia Pacific Regional Bulletin for October 2025 highlights the prolonged incarceration of two women journalists, Frenchie Mae Cumpio and Zhang Zhan; two Cambodian journalists charged with trea...

Justice Sunil Chaudhary directed the civil judge (trial court) to hear the case of Thakurta and along with other defendants on September 26 at 2 pm.

Journalist Mu Dra was abducted from her home in Myanmar’s Rakhine state by the rebel Arakan Army on September 20. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliate, the Myanmar Jou...

Indonesia’s democracy is in decline as the media community faces violence, censorship and mass job layoffs. With the media sector under increasing pressure, it is now more critical than ever to have c...

The judge ordered ABC to pay a fine of $150,000 for unlawfully sacking journalist and presenter Antoinette Lattouf for reasons including her political opinions.

Zhang Zhan Sentenced to Four Years for COVID-19 Reporting Citizen Journalist Rearrested a Year After Release Faces Same Charges as Prior Term

A pro-democracy think-tank has recently stated, based on research, that press freedom, which had declined significantly in the past five years, is now at its lowest in the last 50 years. It appears, i...

He also pushed for the media wage board implementation

The former lawyer was outspoken about China’s response to the Covid pandemic

Amid an escalation of violence against journalists and media outlets during Nepal’s mass ‘Gen-Z’ anti-corruption protests, the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has documented at least 42 ...

The Maldivian parliament has voted to pass its widely condemned ‘media control bill’ on September 16, granting sweeping new government powers to regulate the country’s media industry, amid escalating ...

A two-day uprising in Nepal on September 8 and 9 saw youth-led protests over institutional corruption and a sweeping social-media ban erupt into deadly state violence and nationwide riots that toppled Prime Minister KP Oli and forced the country into an interim citizen-led government, writes Ujjwal Acharya.

The IFJ South Asia Media Bulletin for September 2025 highlights deadly protests in Nepal after a sweeping social media ban and entrenched corruption, failing media legislation across the region, arbitrary journalist arrests in India, advocacy in the Maldives against a proposed 'media control bill', calls for peace and democracy in Nepal by the Federation of Nepali Journalists, and IFJ-led journalist union trainings in Pakistan, among other stories.

Editors vow defiance despite looming regulatory crackdown.

Three journalists were allegedly attacked at a press conference held by Aleema Khan, the sister of jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan, in Rawalpindi on September 8. The International Federation o...

Four journalists were injured in Kathmandu on September 8 during violent clashes with police over the country’s controversial social media bill and the recent banning of 26 social media platforms. The...

As Myanmar’s military continues its systematic eradication of press freedom and persecution of the country’s remaining independent media, the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has joined s...

Journalist Monjurul Alam Panna was among 16 people taken into custody by police in Dhaka on August 28, with a case filed under Bangladesh’s Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA). The International Federation of Jo...

The government-operated Associated Press of Pakistan (APP) has filed a legal case against Islamabad-based journalist Furqan Rao – the latest development in a long-running case of harassment against th...

At least 20 media rights violations, including violent assaults, threats, and intimidation, have been documented across Indonesia between August 25-30, as authorities crack down on journalists amid na...

The Maldives Journalists Association (MJA) asked for four months to conduct an analysis of the media bill and a review of the existing media regulatory system on Monday, as the Parliament’s Independen...

Following reports of delayed salary payments, minimum-wage breaches, and forced layoffs at Abb Takk News, the Rawalpindi Islamabad Union of Journalists (RIUJ) has successfully negotiated to ensure all...

The IFJ Asia Pacific Regional Bulletin for September 2025 highlights threats to press freedom in the Maldives as government accepts controversial new 'media control bil', action across the region as I...

Media advocacy groups, human rights watchdogs, trade unions and journalist representative bodies have collectively condemned a proposed Maldives Media and Broadcasting Regulation Bill as a grave threa...