News and Press Releases

Updated 31 May. The head of the Palestinian Journalists Syndicate (PJS) has called on the United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC) to condemn attacks…

The Islamic Republic of Iran has intensified judicial pressures and harassment of independent and critical journalists as the campaign for the…

The Federation of African Journalists (FAJ), the pan-African organization of the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), congratulates African…

The harassment of journalists throughout this year, perpetrated by Malaysian authorities, has raised concern from Malaysia’s media advocacy…

Palestinian journalists have faced arbitrary censorship, a wave of hate speech and threats of violence online over the past three weeks according to a…

Palestinian journalist Yusef Abu Hussein was killed after the Israeli military bombed his house in the Sheikh Radwan neighborhood of Gaza, while…

Following recent attacks on media in Palestine, International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) affiliates across the world have expressed solidarity…

The Taiwan edition of Apple Daily, published by the Hong Kong-based Next Digital media group, ceased its print edition on May 18 and made over 300…

The Federation of African Journalists (FAJ), the Pan-African organization that represents journalists in Africa, condemns in the strongest terms the…

Hong Kong’s security authorities froze the properties of Next Digital founder Jimmy Lai, who is currently serving a jail sentence, on May 14 on…

The Israeli military has intensified its targeted attacks against media offices in Gaza. On 13 May, Israeli forces bombed the Al-Shorouk Tower, which…

A journalist with the Hong Kong edition of The Epoch Times was beaten by an unknown man on May 11 and suffered injuries. The International Federation…

Media offices have been bombed and Palestinian and international journalists arrested, beaten and threatened by Israeli forces amid escalating…

New research by the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has found that China successfully activated existing media infrastructures to seed…

Hong Kong’s Chief Executive, Carrie Lam, said during a news conference on May 4 that the government was considering introducing legislation to combat…

An Iraqi journalist was left seriously wounded after being shot in the head outside his home on 10 May. The International Federation of Journalists…