Asia

September 17, 2024

Timor‑Leste: Female Journalist Detained, Camera Seized as Authorities Crack Down on Public-Interest Reporting

September 17, 2024 – Timor – Timor‑Leste police arrested Antonieta Kartono Martins, a reporter with Média Diligente Online, while she was covering an eviction operation against street vendors […]
September 17, 2024

RSF Warns of Rising Press Freedom Threats Ahead of Sri Lanka’s Presidential Election

September 17, 2024 – Sri Lanka –  With Sri Lanka’s presidential election set for September 21, 2024, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has issued a grave warning […]
September 16, 2024

RSF Condemns Malaysian Court Ruling in Defamation Case Targeting Investigative Journalist Clare Rewcastle Brown

September 16, 2024 – Malaysia/UK –  The Federal Court of Malaysia has dismissed British investigative journalist Clare Rewcastle Brown’s final appeal in a civil defamation lawsuit brought by […]
September 16, 2024

Vietnam Jails Journalist Nguyen Vu Binh for Seven Years Over “Anti-State Propaganda”

September 16, 2024 – Vietnam –  A Hanoi court sentenced veteran journalist and blogger Nguyen Vu Binh to seven years in prison on charges of “making, […]
September 14, 2024

Hong Kong Journalists Face Coordinated Harassment Campaign Targeting Families and Employers

September 14, 2024 – China –  A wave of coordinated harassment has targeted dozens of journalists in Hong Kong, marking one of the largest organized intimidation […]
September 13, 2024

Two Journalists Killed in Pakistan as Violence Against Media Intensifies

September 13, 2024 – Pakistan –  Pakistan’s deteriorating press freedom climate worsened further with the recent killings of two journalists, Muhammad Bachal Ghunio and Nisar Lehri, […]
September 12, 2024

PTI Politician’s Harassment of Female Journalists Sparks Outrage in Pakistan

September 12, 2024 – Pakistan –  At a political rally in Islamabad on September 8, 2024, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur—a senior member of […]
September 12, 2024

Circle 19 Emerges as Crucial Voice for Information Freedom in China

September 12, 2024 – China –  Circle 19, an independent collective of media professionals, scholars, and diaspora activists, has become a vital force in promoting the […]
September 12, 2024

Former Palawan Governor Joel Reyes in Custody, Calls for Justice for Journalist Gerry Ortega

September 12, 2024 -Philippines – A 13-year legal saga reached a pivotal moment on September 11, 2024, when former Palawan Governor Joel T. Reyes, alleging mastermind behind […]