Journalists from Italy's national broadcaster RAI have staged a strike against a decision to introduce cuts to programming without consulting their union.

Reporters Without Borders says Saudi Arabia is among the five countries with the highest number of journalists and media professionals behind the bars.

The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights has accused India of pressurizing journalists and using illegal tactics against them in the India-controlled Kashmir.

Russia has summoned US ambassador to Moscow over alleged US interference in the country’s upcoming elections, as well as denying accreditations for Russian journalists to attend 9/11 memorial events in New York.

Two Iranian journalists are killed and 21 others injured in a bus crash in northwestern Iran.

Under intense pressure by the US, Pakistan has refused to set free a suspected high profile militant despite his acquittal by the country’s highest court.

In 2019, seven journalists were killed. Now official figures say at least 14 have lost their lives so far.

Nigeria’s intelligence agency is revealed to have acquired Israeli spyware to monitor phone calls and text messages of dissidents and other citizens.

The British state broadcaster has encountered difficulties in Minsk most likely because of its largely negative coverage of the Belarusian authorities.

Latin American journalists call on the UN to secure the release of their Palestinian counterparts from Israeli jails and detention centers.