Asia & Pacific in three minutes
Maldivian bloggers harassed abroad, Australia spies, China collects, India leaks and South Asia’s shutdown.
Victory in Timor
Sometimes it’s the little things that make for big victories. Such is the case in East Timor, where charges against two journalists were dropped following an international outcry.
Police assault dozens of journalists in Kolkata
Rapid Action Force officers beat over 50 media workers in India during a Communist Party protest.
What’s next for the Maldives after Yameen Rasheed?
Bytes for All looks at what changes need to occur to improve free expression in the Maldives and put an end to the murders of Maldivian dissenters.
The month in Asia Pacific in three minutes
A tragic murder in the Maldives shakes the world, India and Malaysia’s digital crackdown, and Yance Wenda gets beaten up covering…World Press Freedom Day protests.
New fronts, brave voices: Press freedom in South Asia
The 15th edition of the IFJ and SAMSN annual report documents media rights issues and national and regional activities to empower journalists to confront the challenges relating to press freedom in South Asia over the past year.
Violence against Macedonia’s journalists must stop
From the beginning of 2016 until yesterday at least 21 attacks against journalists in Macedonia have been registered by the Association of Journalists of Macedonia (ZNM), out of a total of several dozens within the last years.
Independent Press Council established in Tunisia
Created to tackle public discontent over racism, regionalism and journalistic standards in media, Tunisia’s new self-regulatory body is also being hailed as a “historic” step for democracy.
Why the world is up in arms over the murder of a Maldives blogger
The Maldives doesn’t often get international media attention. But the brutal murder of a renowned blogger made headlines throughout the world.
CoE urged to include Belarus in platform monitoring journalists’ safety
Partners of the Council of Europe Platform for the Promotion of Journalism and the Protection of Journalists are deeply concerned by the aggravating current situation in Belarus regarding the mass detention of journalists.
Asia round-up: Women march, and much more
Whether it was reporting on illegal mining tycoons, training female journalists in Afghanistan or calling out the dangerous media environment in Pakistan, March definitely proved to be a time for bold women journalists in Asia.
Draft broadcasting law put before Mongolia parliament
The IFJ calls on the Mongolia government to ensure thorough consultation with stakeholders on the draft Broadcasting Law and its potential implementation.
Mass detentions of journalists in Belarus
In Belarus, the detention of journalists for covering massive protests against the unemployment tax is taking place at a disproportionate level.
Online harassment and threats for Indian journalist exposing illegal sand mining
IFJ expresses serious concern over the online harassment and threats over the telephone to independent journalist Sandhya Ravishankar over her reporting of illegal beach sand mining in Tamil Nadu, India.
Three more journalists detained in Belarus
The crackdown on the media in Belarus grew further today as journalists Kastus Zhukouski and Andrey Tolchyn were detained in Dobrush while a freelance reporter working for Belsat Viktar Yarashuk was detained in Pinsk.
Somali cameraman wounded in Mogadishu car bomb attack
Abdihamid Mohamed Osman, a Somali cameraman and video editor with Universal TV, was seriously wounded on 12 March 2017 when a bomb attached to his car exploded in Mogadishu’s Hamar-weyne district while heading to work