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Con motivo del Día Internacional para el Acceso Universal a la Información, celebrado el 28 de septiembre, la FIP pide a los gobiernos de todo el…

Why has no progress been made by the International Criminal Court (ICC) in its investigation of the killing of Shireen Abu Akleh? That question was at…

The Iranian government announced on 18 September its plans to establish a licensing system for journalists operating in the country. The…

A year after the death in custody of Mahsa Amini on 16 September 2022, the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) launches its press freedom…

The Council of Global Unions (CGU), representing over 200 million workers, including journalists, condemns the escalating violations of trade union…

Tamer Almisshal, Al Jazeera Arabic presenter had his Facebook profile taken down following the airing of his TV Show ‘Tip of the Iceberg’ on 8…

In a letter addressed to Yemeni President Mr Rashad Al ALIMI and Prime Minister Mr Maeenn Abdulmalik Saeed, on 5 September 2023, the IFJ has joined…

On August 24, director and owner of the radio station Voice of Yemen, Mujalli As-Samadi, was brutally assaulted in front of his house in Al-Safia area…

UPDATED 30.08.23 and 21.09.23 It will be a week on 29 August since the father of well-known Egyptian journalist Ahmed Gamal Ziada was arrested by…

On August 23, a suspected drone attack near Qamishli city, in the de facto Autonomous Administration of North East Syria ruled by the Syrian…

Journalists at the BBC’s Cairo bureau have started a ten-day strike in a dispute about pay. It follows a one-day strike in June and a three-day strike…

Journalist Ahmed Hassan Al-Zoubi, sentenced to one year in jail on August 9, and journalist Hiba Abu Taha, arrested on August 8, are being prosecuted…

Twenty-eight women journalists successfully completed two safety training sessions in Ramallah from August 1 to 3, and Gaza from August 6 to 9. The…

UPDATED 10.08.2023 A reporter from the privately owned Sama TV, Firas al-Ahmad, was killed on August 9 when a roadside bomb exploded in al-Shiah…

On August 2, an armed man driving an ambulance in the northern occupied West Bank bearing the emblem of the national Israeli ambulance service, the…

Niloofar Hamedi and Elahe Mohammadi, two women journalists who were among the first to report about Mahsa Amini’s death, stood for the final round of…