News and Press Releases

Mandalay District court allowed an appeal hearing against the decision to drop defamation charges against the editor of Myanmar Now Ko Swe Win. The…

Journalists in Jember, East Java, have been asked to not cover the protest against discrimination in Papua by the authorities last week. The…

Senior police assaulted several journalists as they covered violent clashes in Barrackpore, a city in West Bengal, on Sunday, September 1. The…

At least 10 articles in the revised draft bill of criminal code threaten freedom of the press and freedom of expression, including defamation against…

The International and European Federation of Journalists (IFJ and EFJ) sent along with other journalists and human rights organisations a letter to…

El periodista hondureño Edgar Joel Aguilar fue asesinado por varios individuos sin identificar el sábado 31 de agosto en la localidad de La Entrada,…

Mirza Waseem Baig, a journalist working for 92 News, was killed by unidentified assailants in Punjab, a province of eastern Pakistan, on Friday 30…

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…

N1 Television journalists were physically and verbally attacked in Belgrade (Serbia) on Wednesday 28 while they were reporting on a football match.…

Since the start of protests in Hong Kong in June, the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliate the Hong Kong Journalists…

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) today called on the authorities in Tanzania to drop all charges against prominent Tanzanian…

El asesinato del periodista del Nevith Condés Jaramillo el pasado 24 de agosto ha desatado la indignación de sindicatos nacionales y organizaciones…

Several journalists have been threatened and intimidated in Philippines, including a death threat to one of them. The International Federation…

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and the European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) have today welcomed the pre-trial release of RIA…

Australian writer Yang Zhengjun who has been detained in China since January 19, 2019 has being formally arrested on 'suspicion of espionage'. The…

Last week, the official student publication of the University of Eastern Philippines in Catarman, The Pillars, was intimidated by the police on a…