Asia

January 28, 2025

India and China Agree to Resume Journalist Exchanges and Air Travel in Diplomatic Breakthrough

January 28, 2025 – China/India –  In a significant diplomatic development, India and China have reached an agreement to resume direct air travel and facilitate the […]
January 28, 2025

Tajikistan’s Media Under Siege: Journalists Targeted with Secret Charges and Harsh Sentences

January 28, 2025 – Tajikistan –  Tajikistan is intensifying its crackdown on independent media, with recent developments marking a dramatic escalation under President Emomali Rahmon’s authoritarian […]
January 28, 2025

Pakistani Journalists Protest New Social Media Law Threatening Press Freedom

January 28, 2025 – Pakistan –  Pakistan’s Senate passed controversial amendments on January 28, 2025, to the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act (PECA), granting the government […]
January 27, 2025

Seraiki Journalist Razish Liaqatpuri Arrested, Cleared of Terrorism Charges

January 27, 2025 – Pakistani – Razish Liaqatpuri—a prominent Seraiki-language journalist, author, and former editorial-in-charge at the daily Khabrian—was detained in late January 2025 by Rahim […]
January 26, 2025

China Condemned for Torture and Suppression of Detained Journalist

January 26, 2025 – China –  International human rights advocates and media analysts are sounding the alarm over China’s ongoing crackdown on independent journalism, focusing particularly […]
January 24, 2025

UN Complaint Filed Over Detention of Bangladeshi Journalists Shakil Ahmed and Farzana Rupa

January 24, 2025 – Bangladesh –  An international legal team filed a formal complaint with the United Nations Human Rights Council, urging intervention in the case […]
January 22, 2025

CPJ Urges Pakistan to Stop Harassment and Deportation of Afghan Journalists

January 22, 2025 – Afghanistan –  The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has called on Pakistani authorities to immediately end the harassment, detention, and deportation of […]