https://www.scmp.com/rss/522998/feed The latest news and top stories on Committee to Protect Journalists. A prominent New York City-based non-profit organisation, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) is dedicated to promoting press freedom worldwide and defending journalists’ rights. Its main areas of focus include monitoring and exposing attacks on media, advocating with governments and providing direct assistance to journalists at risk. Recognised as "Journalism’s Red Cross", CPJ is significant for its global advocacy,... en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Associated Press Associated Press A defamation case by Malaysia’s telecoms regulator against an Australian resident in Thailand was formally withdrawn from a Thai court on Monday after mediation, the sued man and his lawyer said. The case has caused concern among free speech advocates because it was seen as a form of cross-border repression. The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission, or MCMC, had already acknowledged in a statement earlier this month that it had reached a settlement agreement on January 12, which... https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3343768/thai-court-clears-australian-writer-after-malaysian-defamation-case-withdrawn?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3343768/thai-court-clears-australian-writer-after-malaysian-defamation-case-withdrawn?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 16 Feb 2026 15:34:45 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press Israeli forces on Wednesday killed at least 11 Palestinians in Gaza, including two 13-year-old boys, three journalists and a woman, hospitals said, on one of the war-battered enclave’s deadliest days since the ceasefire between Hamas and Israel took effect in October. The United States is trying to push the deal forward and implement its challenging second phase. Among the dead were three Palestinian journalists who were killed while filming near a displacement camp in central Gaza, a camp... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/middle-east/article/3340870/israeli-forces-kill-palestinian-children-and-journalists-gaza-despite-ceasefire?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/middle-east/article/3340870/israeli-forces-kill-palestinian-children-and-journalists-gaza-despite-ceasefire?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 22 Jan 2026 11:07:02 +0000 Reuters Reuters Police in Indian Kashmir have asked at least three journalists working in the region to sign a pledge vowing ‌not to “disturb peace” in the region, two of them told Reuters on Wednesday. A third ‍journalist, an assistant editor with the Indian Express newspaper, was summoned to a police station in Srinagar, the capital of the federal territory, but did not sign the pledge, the newspaper said in a report published on Wednesday. India has imposed ⁠several restrictions in the troubled... https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/south-asia/article/3340729/indian-kashmir-police-pressure-journalists-sign-peace-pledges-sparking-censorship-fears?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/south-asia/article/3340729/indian-kashmir-police-pressure-journalists-sign-peace-pledges-sparking-censorship-fears?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 21 Jan 2026 13:17:36 +0000 Reuters Reuters FBI agents searched a Washington Post reporter’s home on Wednesday as part of an investigation into sharing secret government information, officials said, ‍in a move that press advocates said threatened journalistic freedom. The reporter, Hannah Natanson, has covered US President Donald Trump’s campaign to fire hundreds of thousands of federal workers and shift remaining workers to implementing his agenda. US Attorney General Pam Bondi said federal agents had executed the search at the request... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3339930/fbi-raids-home-us-journalist-who-reported-trump-firings?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3339930/fbi-raids-home-us-journalist-who-reported-trump-firings?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 14 Jan 2026 18:27:57 +0000 Agencies Agencies Gaza’s civil defence agency said five journalists were among at least 20 people killed on Monday when Israeli strikes hit a hospital in the south, with Reuters, Associated Press and Al Jazeera mourning their slain contributors. Agency spokesman Mahmud Bassal said “the toll so far is 20 martyrs, including five journalists and one member of the civil defence”, after strikes hit Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis – a large medical complex in the south that has been targeted several times by Israel... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/middle-east/article/3323070/israel-hits-gaza-hospital-killing-least-15-people-including-journalists?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/middle-east/article/3323070/israel-hits-gaza-hospital-killing-least-15-people-including-journalists?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 25 Aug 2025 09:35:01 +0000 Reuters Reuters A local radio broadcaster was gunned down in the southern Philippines on Monday, a presidential task force said, adding to the growing list of media workers killed in a country ranked among the most dangerous in the world for journalists. Erwin Labitad Segovia, 63, a broadcaster for Radio WOW FM and host of a programme that focused on social issues and local governance, was shot dead by a still unidentified gunman while on his way home shortly after completing his morning broadcast. According to... https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3319005/philippines-radio-host-gunned-down-sparking-fresh-press-freedom-fears?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3319005/philippines-radio-host-gunned-down-sparking-fresh-press-freedom-fears?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 21 Jul 2025 08:53:53 +0000