Two unidentified men riding tandem on a motorcycle hurled three molotov cocktails at the Tempo magazine office in Jakarta, Indonesia in the early morning of 6 July 2010, media reports said.

The Centre for Independent Journalism (CIJ) views with grave concern the rounds of questioning that the Securities Commission (SC) has been conducting on three journalists since last week related to their reports about possible corporate misgovernance in a furniture manufacturer.

The Centre for Independent Journalism (CIJ) notes with concern the action taken against a local television station's host and producer for the program Point of View, Florence Looi, for having asked her guests to rate the performance of Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak in his 100 days in office. Since the program was aired on [...]

The Thailand Journalists Association (TJA) urges all sides to stop using violence and focus on finding a peaceful solution to the current crisis.

Freelance journalist and deputy head of the Sri Lanka Press Institute attacked, the Committee to Protect Journalists raises concerns over the repeated harassment and intimidation of journalists in the country.  

An editor of a monthly magazine in Burma has been forced to resign for publishing a poem about the historic Depayin town in its June issue, Mizzima.com, a SEAPA Alerts partner, reports.

The Thai Journalists Association (TJA) and Thai Broadcast Journalists Association (TBJA) on 17 June 2008 condemned a small bomb attack on The Manager Daily newspaper in Bangkok, calling it a " reckless act aimed at threatening the work of the media."

Today's dawning of World Press Freedom Day shows a Malaysia where media freedom is not merely at risk, but where the role of journalists is being continually denigrated by officials and politicians who repeatedly show their lack of respect for the profession and its importance in safeguarding democracy.

Article 19, an international advocacy group for freedom of expression and a partner of CIJ has recently highlighted 8 exemplary women journalists worldwide who push against the limited space for freedom of expression in their country.

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), the global organisation representing more than 500,000 journalists in over 110 countries, is concerned for the welfare of journalists reporting on the upcoming election in Sri Lanka.