News and Press Releases

Myanmar’s military junta has arbitrarily revoked the license of independent media outlet The Ayeyarwaddy Times in its latest crackdown on dissent. The…

La Federación Internacional de Periodistas expresa su más profunda preocupación ante el accionar de las fuerzas de seguridad que resultaron en un…

On 19 June, journalist Hazem Nasser, cameraman for Al-Ghad TV channel, was shot at and wounded, despite wearing a vest labelled ‘press’, during a raid…

Pakistani authorities have registered sedition cases against four journalists based abroad for their alleged role in inciting unrest across Pakistan…

On 5 June, Yemeni journalist Fahd Al Arhabi was arrested and jailed by the Houthi security services in Amran city, in western central Yemen. The…

Organisations defending media freedom, freedom of expression and human rights, including the IFJ, have strongly condemned the appalling attack on…

Every week the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) is compiling a list of the top news articles from across the world in which it is…

The International and European Federations of Journalists (IFJ-EFJ) joined the undersigned international media freedom organisations in expressing…

In a seminar held on 13 June, the Syrian Journalists’ Union (SJU) highlighted 68 violations of media and journalists’ rights documented in their…

The Reuters Institute, in collaboration with Oxford University, published today 14 June its global Digital News Report 2023, which focuses on how…

Freelance photojournalist Jang Jin-young is facing criminal charges for covering the war in Ukraine without permission from the South Korean…

Golam Rabbani Nadim, a Bakshiganj correspondent, died from his injuries on June 15 after being attacked by a group of assailants while returning home…

Journalist Duman Mukhametkarim has been arrested for a third time this year under charges relating to terrorist and extremist activities, after…

Australian public broadcaster, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), has informed staff of 120 redundancies, including senior political…

Luego de un juicio sin las correspondientes garantías para José Rubén Zamora, fundador del medio El Periódico, fue absuelto de los cargos de tráfico…

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliate, the Syndicat des professionnels de l’information et de la communication (SYNPICS)…