International Federation of Journalists (IFJ)

Sri Lanka media groups condemned members of the army who attacked a journalist while covering a Tamil tribute in Mullaitivu.

The International Federation of Journalists calls for the dropping of charges against “Sarawak Report” editor Clare Rewcastle Brown, who is facing a criminal defamation case in Malaysia regarding her book on the 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) scandal.

Foreign media groups urged Chinese authorities and the International Olympic Committee to improve international media access to Winter Olympic Games events and reporting guidelines.

‘Novy Chas’ staff have previously been targeted for detention and administrative arrest. And earlier this year, the state-run publications distribution chain Beldruk ended its distribution contract with the newspaper.

Journalist Tran Thi Tuyet Dieu previously worked with a state-run newspaper before managing her own Facebook and YouTube accounts. Authorities accused her of posting “anti-state” content on social media.

Cambodian journalist Youn Chhiv was sentenced to one year in prison for reporting about a local land dispute.

The homes of four journalists in Srinagar were raided by the police on 8 September. They were held for a day and questioned about their links to a website that allegedly publishes content that threatens journalists and activists.

Entitled ‘Chasing Justice. Study on impunity for crimes against journalists’, the report looks into the violence and threats faced by Maldivian journalists.

Media groups in Thailand are opposing a new government regulation that prohibits any supposed distortion of information that causes misunderstanding during an emergency situation. They warned that this new measure can be used to censor media coverage and undermine freedom of expression.

The Maldives Journalists Association is concerned that the parliamentary committee, which has the power to summon and question members of the Maldives Media Council, became directly involved as a complainant in an investigation overseen by the Council.

Peter R. de Vries, a well-known Dutch investigative journalist who covered high-profile criminal cases, was shot as he was leaving a TV studio on 6 July. Police have arrested three suspects.

Le Van Dung, the owner of CHTV, a digital news channel in Vietnam, was arrested after posting social media reports relating to ongoing land disputes and corruption.

In a meeting on June 17, South East Asia Journalist Union leaders and activists from Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Timor Leste and Thailand discussed the plight of journalists during the pandemic and called for greater protection of media frontliners.

The International Federation of Journalists said this policy denies journalists their right to privacy and limits the freedom of the press.