Filipino radio broadcaster Noel Bellen Samar died on October 21 after sustaining gunshot wounds in a shooting attack a day earlier on October 20 in the northern island of Luzon. The International Fede...

From 6 to 8 October, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) begins public hearings on the request for an advisory opinion on the right to strike. In 2023, the Governing Body of the ILO referred the ...

Afghan media worker Abdul Zahir Safi was killed in a civilian area of Kabul after an alleged airstrike on the city on October 16. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and the Afghan Indep...

The five journalists, including two Australians, died while doing their jobs. Despite half a century of evidence and lobbying, justice remains elusive.

Afghan journalist Abdul Ghafoor Abed was killed and another journalist was wounded during cross-border fighting between Taliban and Pakistani forces on October 14. The International Federation of Jour...

The IFJ South Asia Media Bulletin for October 2025 highlights the Sri Lankan government’s unfulfilled pledge of media reform; the Federation of Asia-Pacific Journalists’ Triennial Congress; an interne...

Zionist lawsuits against Mary Kostakidis and Sydney Uni academics John Keane and Nick Riemer are a mighty test case for free speech in Australia

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...