May 22, 2025 – Hong Kong – In May 2025, Hong Kong’s independent media sector encountered heightened scrutiny as the Inland Revenue Department (IRD) initiated a […]
May 20, 2025 – Sudan – On May 18, 2025, Sudanese freelance photojournalist Al-Shykh Al-Samany Saadaldyn Mousa Abdulla, known professionally as “Sheikho,” was killed in a […]
May 19, 2025 – Turkey – Turkish journalist İsmail Arı, a reporter for the independent outlet BirGün, has been subjected to death threats following his investigative […]
May 16, 2025 – Tunisia – Concerns are mounting over the rapidly worsening health of a Tunisian journalist currently on hunger strike in prison. After more […]
May 16, 2025 – Pakistan/India – Following the April 22, 2025, terror attack in Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir, which claimed the lives of 26 tourists, the […]
May 15, 2025 – Nigeria – In May 2025, Nigerien authorities detained three journalists from Sahara FM, a private radio station in Agadez, following their broadcast […]
May 15, 2025 – Palestine/Israel – On May 15, 2025, Palestinian journalist Hassan Marzouq Samour was killed in an Israeli airstrike in Bani Suhaila, east of […]
May 12, 2025 – Nigeria – In 2024, press freedom in Nigeria took a troubling downturn as at least 56 journalists were attacked, harassed, or detained […]