News and Press Releases

At least 120 cases of detention, obstruction and violence against journalists have been recorded on 31 January as a result of media coverage of…

A Chinese-Australian businessman was awarded $590,000 (USD 449,255) on February 2 after the Australian Federal Court found he was defamed by an…

Syrian television cameraman Tamir Al Hammad was assaulted during an attempted kidnap by personnel from the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) on January…

The IFJ and FAJ will now have the possibility to post alerts on this Platform to denounce an attack on a journalist, a violation of the right to…

Myanmar’s leader Aung San Suu Kyi, President Win Myint and other government leaders were detained on February 1 by the country’s military, who have…

En el día de hoy, la Asociación de Periodistas de El Salvador (APES), organización afiliada a la FIP, presentó el informe de libertad de expresión…

President Evariste Ndayishimiye instructed the National Communication Council (CNC) on 28 January to settle differences with banned independent media…

IFJ in the news

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…

Neha Dixit, a freelance journalist known for her investigative reporting, revealed on January 27 that she and her partner, filmmaker Nakul Singh…

Le photojournaliste Islam Al-Hakiri, arrêté le 25 janvier à Tunis alors qu'il remplissait sa mission d'informer, a vu sa peine de prison confirmée par…

China has tightened control over media workers with a new rule that bans journalists from self-publishing news via social media accounts. The Chinese…

The International Federation of Journalists and Federation of African Journalists will join the leaders of the African Union, UNESCO, editors from…

Four Syrian journalists’ professional groups, including IFJ affiliate, the Syrian Journalists Association (SJA) launched a campaign on January 25 to…

Riots, which took place in several cities in the Netherlands on 23 January following the government's decision to impose a 9pm curfew aimed at curbing…

Two Filipino journalists were falsely labelled by the country’s military as being members of the Philippines terrorist group the New People’s Army…

TV journalist Dawit Kebede Araya was shot dead in his car on 20 January near his home in the conflict-hit region of Tigray located in northern…