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 – Tajikistan is intensifying its crackdown on independent media, with recent developments marking a dramatic escalation under President Emomali Rahmon’s authoritarian […]
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 – 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 27, 2025 – Sri Lanka – Journalists and activists in Sri Lanka’s Tamil-majority north-east recently gathered to commemorate Subramaniyam Sugirdharajan—a Tamil journalist for Sudar Oli […]
June 26, 2025 – Pakistan – Pakistani crime reporter Hasnain Shah was gunned down in broad daylight outside the Lahore Press Club, a location considered a […]
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 – Bangladesh – An international legal team filed a formal complaint with the United Nations Human Rights Council, urging intervention in the case […]
January 22, 2025 – Afghanistan – The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has called on Pakistani authorities to immediately end the harassment, detention, and deportation of […]