Singapore should reverse the suspension of independent news website The Online Citizen (TOC), the IPI global network for press freedom said today. On September 14, the Infocomm Media Development Authority of Singapore suspended TOC’s license, claiming that despite multiple reminders the portal had failed to declare its funding sources. Under the terms of the license […]

Two Afghan journalists were detained and ruthlessly beaten by Taliban security forces on September 7 while covering the women’s rights protests in Kabul. Journalists Taqi Daryabi and Nemat Naqdi from the Kabul-based news outlet Etilaat Roz were taken to the police station and beaten with cables in separate cells. Both reporters were released on September […]

The International Press Institute (IPI), a global network of editors, media executives and journalists for press freedom, today expressed its support for protests launched by journalists in Pakistan against the Pakis­tan Media Development Autho­rity (PMDA) legislation and urged the government to withdraw it. Journalists in Pakistan launched a sit-in protest outside the Parliament in the […]

More than 250 days have now passed since the Slovenian Press Agency (STA) last received state funding for carrying out its public service mission from the government of Janez Janša, which currently presides over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union. Since the beginning of the year, the STA has been forced to […]