News and Press Releases

We, the Council of Global Unions (CGU), on behalf of 200 million workers around the world, expresses its support and solidarity with the Tunisian…

The headquarters of our affiliate, the Yemeni Journalists’ Syndicate (YJS) in the Aden Governorate, were taken over by armed men on 28 February. The…

A framework agreement which will guarantee journalists’ professional, economic and social rights and safeguard press freedom was signed by the…

ACTUALIZACIÓN 14.02.2023 Mientras la República Islámica de Irán celebra el 44 aniversario de su proclamación, el 11 de febrero de 2023, decenas de…

La Federación Internacional de Periodistas (FIP) ha publicado hoy su informe anual completo sobre periodistas y trabajadores/as de los medios de…

At least 73 violations of media and journalists’ rights, including arbitrary arrests, physical attacks, the closing of TV channels, and the…

UPDATED 06.02.23 Thirty-four journalists are still in detention in Iran after being arrested since the outbreak of the national protests following the…

UPDATED 12.10.23 Journalist Ihsane El Kadi, founder and director of Algerian online station Radio M and the Maghreb Emergent media, was arrested on 24…

Journalist and media activist Hala Fouad Badawy, who was arrested due to her reports and social media posts in December 2021, has been acquitted of…

Syrian journalist Issam Abdullah, a reporter from Hawar News Agency (ANHA), was killed while covering Turkish airstrikes on 20 November in northern…

Le journaliste de la radio Mosaïque FM, Khalifa Guesmi, a été condamné mardi 29 novembre 2022 à un an de prison par le tribunal de première instance…

Since the beginning of the World Cup 2022 in Qatar, several journalists and media workers have denounced incidents related to media freedom while…

The Regional Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights in the Middle East and North Africa, in cooperation with the…

A DanishTV2 team was prevented from filming in a public space in Doha, Qatar’s capital, on 15 November. Security officials tried to cover the camera…

Journalist Ahmad Saeed, who exposed the alleged involvement of the authorities in smuggling citizens from the Gaza strip to Europe, was detained on…

En marge du sommet de la Ligue arabe, qui s'est tenu les 1er et 2 novembre à Alger, capitale de l'Algérie, des journalistes marocains n'ont pas été…