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 mentioned. Check all the international media coverage of IFJ, divided by language, in the period from 2 March to 8 March 2024.
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Concerns raised Israel is deliberately targeting journalists in Gaza - Press Gazette
8 March: IFJ stands with women journalists in Gaza - occupied Palestinian territory - Relief Web
IFJ nominates Palestinian Journalists’ Syndicate for global press freedom prize - Jordan Times
Survey on the safety of environmental journalists [Worldwide] - IJNet
New report raises concerns about use of spyware, SLAPPs…
Around sixty trade union representatives from different sectors and LGBTQI+ activists came together on 28 and 29 February in Bogotá, Colombia, to advance the rights of LGBTQI+ workers. Based on a comprehensive toolkit launched by global unions, the workshop provided a safe space to learn, discuss and address violences against LGBTQI+ people and seize ILO Convention 190 as a framework for creating more equal and inclusive working places.
“An atmosphere of respect and affection is essential to address questions and concerns about the realities and needs of LGBTQI+ workers,” noted Public Services International (PSI)’s Andean representative on the LGBTQI+ committee, Néstor Osvaldo Pérez Muñoz.…
Imran Riaz Khan, a well-known Pakistani YouTuber and tv anchor, was arrested and placed on judicial remand by the Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) in Lahore. Prior to this, an anti-corruption court had granted him bail in a contract corruption case. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its Pakistan affiliate, the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ), urge the government to drop the charges against the journalist and immediately allow him to resume his activities.
He was apparently arrested in a corruption case, and an anti-corruption court ordered him to be remanded in police custody for five days, until March 6, pending an investigation. On March 6, when he appeared…
Concerns have been raised by Malaysia’s media community at a government review of the country’s media accreditation cards, with card validity periods reduced solely for journalists from online news agencies. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) supports its affiliate, the National Union of Journalists Peninsular Malaysia (NUJM), in calling for an equitable system of accreditation and reiterates calls for the swift formation of the independent Malaysian Media Council.
On March 5, multiple journalists from Malaysian digital media organisations, including online news portals Malaysiakini and Twentytwo13, received media accreditation cards with significantly shortened periods of…
The International and European Federations of Journalists (IFJ-EFJ) and the other partner organisations have expressed deep concerns about threats to press freedom to the Council of Europe’s Platform to promote the protection of journalism and safety of journalists in their 2024 annual report. Issues include the unlawful deployment of spyware against journalists, the use of abusive lawsuits against journalists to hamper their investigative work (SLAPPs) and the precarious situation of many journalists in exile, notably from Russia and Belarus.
Released under the title “Press Freedom in Europe: Time to turn the Tide”, the report assesses the major issues undermining media freedom – including…
Kashmiri journalist Aasif Sultan has been arrested two days after his release on bail, with the journalist charged and detained without trial for the third time in over five years. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliate, the Indian Journalists Union (IJU), condemn the arbitrary arrest and continued legal harassment of Aasif Sultan, and urge Indian authorities to uphold their constitutional commitments to press freedom and withdraw all charges immediately.
Sultan, the editor of shuttered media outlet Kashmir Walla, was first arrested in August 2018 on allegations of ‘harbouring known militants’ and an unspecified involvement with serious crimes under the…
On 5 March, journalist and presenter at Al Aqsa TV, Mohammed Khader Ahmad Salama, was killed in an Israeli airstrike that hit his home in Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip, PJS reported.
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En la apertura de sesiones ordinarias del Congreso de la Nación, realizada el viernes 1 de marzo durante la noche, el presidente Javier Milei afirmó que cerrará la agencia nacional de noticias Télam. Hoy durante la madrugada, lxs trabajadorxs advirtieron que se estaba colocando un vallado perimetral en las oficinas de la agencia y luego se les informó que no podrían ingresar a trabajar. La web de la agencia dejó de funcionar en ese mismo momento. La Federación Internacional de Periodistas y la Federación de Periodistas de América Latina y el Caribe repudian este ataque al derecho a la comunicación y a la libertad de expresión y se mantienen en estado de alerta ante esta situación. También…
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 mentioned. Check all the international media coverage of IFJ, divided by language, in the period from 24 February to 1 March 2024.
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International journalist groups show solidarity with Palestinian colleagues - Al Jazeera
bianet expresses solidarity with Palestinian journalists - Bianet
Journalists protest Israel outside German consulate in İstanbul - Bianet
Marking 26 February as the International Day in support of Palestinian Journalists - The Guardian
International Day for Palestinian Journalists: Condemnation of Violence - BNN…
On 1 March, PJS confirmed the death of journalist Ibrahim Mahamid, who died of his wounds five months after being injured by Israeli fire. Mahamid worked as a presenter and cameraman for Al-Salam TV, Al-Shaab TV and other local channels, and was a member of PJS for about 30 years, the Syndicate reported.
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The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has nominated its affiliate the Palestinian Journalists Syndicate (PJS) for the UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize for 2024 – as a means to honour all Gaza’s journalists and media workers for their work and sacrifice in recent months.
The nominating statement reads as follows:
Since 7 October 2023, foreign journalists have been barred from the Gaza Strip. All the sounds, words and pictures broadcast from the enclave have come from approximately 1,000 Gazan journalists – around ten percent of whom have now lost their lives. The Palestinian Journalists Syndicate (PJS) counts as members around four fifths of Gaza’s media workers.…
Northern Irish police laid a trap for two journalists whose source they hoped to unmask. The reporters’ electronic communications were monitored, ahead of a dramatic dawn raid on their homes. These were designed to provoke the journalists to contact their suspected source, who was themself, under electronic surveillance.
That was the case laid out by Ben Jaffey KC, representing NUJ member Barry McCaffrey at an Investigative Powers Tribunal, held at the Royal Courts of Justice on 28 February 2024.
The journalists had worked on the 2017 film No Stone Unturned, which named the main suspects of the 1994 Loughinisland massacre. In this, loyalist paramilitaries fired into a crowded pub,…
Spanish freelance reporter Pablo González is the only journalist imprisoned in an EU member state. On 28 February, it will be two years since he was arrested and held in pre-trial detention in Poland without any evidence of the allegations against him being made public and no trial in sight. The International and European Federations of Journalists (IFJ-EFJ), together with their Spanish affiliates, urge the Polish authorities to release him, so that he can defend himself in court, and ensure that he receives a fair trial.
A Polish court extended González’s pre-trial detention for the eighth time on 15 February 2024, meaning he will spend up to a further three months in prison, accused of…
Digital and Communications Minister Fahmi Fadzil announced the long-awaited approval of a bill by the Malaysian cabinet to establish a self-regulating Malaysian Media Council (MMC) on February 21. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), and its affiliate, the National Union of Journalists Peninsular Malaysia (NUJM), welcome the decision, but urge authorities to ensure that the council is implemented with a mandate, resources, and due independence.
The announcement came following consultation with the Malaysian Attorney General’s Chambers, and almost five years since the initial introduction of the bill. Fadzil, a supporter of the bill since at least 2020, initially claimed the…
Federal authorities arrested journalist and blogger Asad Ali Toor on February 26 as he responded to a Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) summons, three days after he had been interrogated concerning his alleged connection to a “malicious campaign” against senior judicial figures. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliate, the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ), urge authorities to investigate the journalists’ arrest, and ensure his immediate release.
On February 27, Islamabad Judicial Magistrate Mohammad Shabbir granted the FIA a five-day udicial remand of Toor, a partial reduction of the agency’s initial 10-day request. According to Toor’s legal…
El Sindicato de Periodistas Profesionales del Estado de São Paulo (SJSP), junto con la Federación Nacional de Periodistas (FENAJ) y la Asociación Brasileña de la Prensa (ABI), presentaron el viernes 23 de febrero ante el Tribunal Supremo Federal (TSF) una solicitud de divulgación federal de los nombres de periodistas que fueron espiadxs ilegalmente por la llamada “Abin Paralela”. La Federación Internacional de Periodistas acompaña este pedido y rechaza las maniobras de vigilancia llevadas adelante por el gobierno de Jair Bolsonaro.
Tras una investigación del periódico O Globo, se reveló que la Agencia Brasileña de Inteligencia (Abin) habría utilizado un software israelí llamado First Mile…
[UPDATED 01.03.2024] French journalist Antoine Galindo was arrested on 22 February and subsequently detained in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, while on assignment for Africa Intelligence, the news platform for whom he was working.
The International and the European Federation of Journalists (IFJ-EFJ) together with their French affiliates the Syndicat National des Journalistes (SNJ), the Syndicat National des Journalistes (SNJ-CGT), CFDT Journalistes and the Syndicat Général des Journalistes Force Ouvrière (SGJ-FO) condemn Galindo’s arrest and call on the Ethiopian authorities to immediately release him. They ask the French government to do everything it can to help Galindo.
Following his arrest…
On a rainy day in the Parisian square that commemorates murdered journalists, IFJ President Dominique Pradalié mounted a make-shift stage with a megaphone in her hand. “The killing of journalists in Gaza must stop”, she demanded. “Journalists all over the world demand that Israel abides by international law and instead of targeting reporters, starts to safeguard them”.
Pradalié then led the assembled group, drawn from members of all of France’s journalists’ unions, in a minute’s silence to remember the hundred and more media workers who had died in the Gaza conflict.
They were not alone. From Lima to Istanbul, Dublin to Doha, Stockholm to Santiago de Compostela, journalists…
Four months since the start of the war in Gaza, Palestine, on 7 October, 100 journalists have been killed. This massacre has been as horrific as it is unprecedented.
Join the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), the Federation of Arab Journalists (FAJ) and its affiliates on 26 February for an International Day in support of Palestinian Journalists.
As the war in Gaza approaches its fifth month, the IFJ, the Federation of Arab Journalists (FAJ) and many affiliates around the world are mobilising through public actions to support journalists and media workers in Palestine, notably its members of the Palestinian Journalists Syndicate (PJS).
One hundred journalists were…
Last weekend, The Times (London) devoted two pages to a striking interview with Palestinian journalist Amal Helles. It was a gruelling read, but underlined how important it is that today journalists all over the world will stand with their Palestinian colleagues. After reporting on months of bombardment, Helles has finally left Gaza with her children Maryam and Wajj, aged six and four. Her husband Samed, also a journalist, has stayed in Gaza from where he continues to report.
“I hated the night most”, Helles told Alice Thomson. “We would lie in the darkness, my husband and I, my beautiful young daughter and son warm between us, so if the bombs came, we could all die together. I felt…
On 24 February, it will be two years since Russia’s full scale invasion of Ukraine. The International and the European Federations of Journalists (IFJ-EFJ) conversed with Serhiy Shturkhetskyy, chairperson of the Independent Media Trade Union of Ukraine (IMTUU) to examine how the reality of Ukrainian journalists have changed and what the journalistic community and sister unions can do to continue supporting journalists on the ground.
1. It will soon be two years since the start of the full-scale Russian invasion in Ukraine, which is still raging despite vanishing from many international headlines. How is the situation on the ground and how do you feel?
The situation remains dire.…
As the war in Ukraine enters its third year, Sergiy Tomilenko, president of the National Union of Journalists of Ukraine (NUJU) reflects on two years of unwavering work and relentless determination to support journalists and media workers on the ground, with the help of international partners such as the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), European Federation of Journalists (EFJ), and UNESCO. On 24 February, it will be two years since the war in Ukraine started and Tomilenko recalls the imperative need to raise more funds in a war that rages on, despite vanishing from the headlines.
1. It will soon be two years since the start of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, which is…
On 23 February, PJS confirmed the killing of photojournalist Mohammad Yaghi in an Israel bombing near Al-Aqsa hospital in Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip. According to Al Jazeera, Yaghi worked as a professional photographer for a number of international media, including Al Jazeera Network.
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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 mentioned. Check all the international media coverage of IFJ, divided by language, in the period from 17 February to 23 February 2024.
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Julian Assange fighting extradition back to U.S. - CVT Atlantic
Julian Assange supporters gather outside court as extradition hearing starts - The Guardian
Will Assange case have chilling effect on journalists, whistleblowers 'risking 175 years in prison?' - France24
Can Julian Assange appeal his extradition to the US? A British court will decide. - Columbia Journalism Review
Assange waits for…
Mike Miz, a member of the National Union of Journalists Peninsular Malaysia (NUJM), attended an IFJ-led training of trainers in Malacca, Malaysia in February, focused on enabling a new generation of leaders to build a strong and active union membership. He describes his experience and plans to continue to strengthen the union into the future.
What matters more? What you say - or how you say it?
This question was on my mind as we began the two-hour bus ride from Kuala Lumpur to Malacca - surrounded by people whom I only knew prior virtually - and it stayed with me throughout the 70-odd hours we spent following the training.
As the youngest person attending the training, I had initially…
Representatives of IFJ-affiliated unions across the Middle East and the Arab World came together on 13 and 14 February in Casablanca, Morocco, to attend a press-freedom reporting workshop organised by the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and hosted by the Moroccan National Press Union (SNPM). The participants discussed methodologies to monitor press-freedom violations, document breaches of journalists’ rights and assess the state of media freedom to develop solid and grounded reports and boost press freedom in the region.
The aim of the workshop was to back the efforts of journalists’ unions and organisations to strengthen the media sector by identifying and exposing the…
Germany is facing a major nationwide media blockade, led mainly by farmers who have demonstrated fervently against the government's proposed subsidy cuts. Criticising the poor representation of their claims in the media, farmers have blocked access to media premises to interrupt newspaper deliveries during protests lasting hours. Since the beginning of February, farmers have targeted at least three media companies and two publishing houses across the country. The International and the European Federations of Journalists (IFJ-EFJ) call for calm discussions between farmers and the media, and regret that disruption of newspaper deliveries is being used as a means of protest.
“Attacks on the…
Julian Assange’s plea for leave to appeal his extradition to the United States provided cause for both hope and concern. Heard over two days in London’s Royal Courts of Justice, on 20 and 21 February 2024, it could be the last time his case is considered by a European court. Assange is fighting extradition to face 17 changes under the Espionage Act, and one of computer hacking. If convicted, he could be sentenced to 175 years in prison, albeit with some qualified commitments that he won’t face the severest solitary confinement.
Assange has been held in Belmarsh prison on the outskirts of London awaiting the outcome of these proceedings for the past five years. His extradition hearings…
The International and the European Federation of Journalists (IFJ-EFJ) reiterate their call for justice for the murder six years ago of investigative reporter Ján Kuciak and his fiancee Martina Kušnírová, both aged 27, in their home in Veľká Mača, in the south-west of the country.
On 21 February 2018, Ján Kuciak and Martina Kušnírová were shot dead at their home. Kuciak had regularly reported on cases of corruption for online news website Aktuality.sk. His investigative reporting included articles on alleged tax fraud committed by prominent members of the business community, with suggested links to SMER party as well as organised crime groups.
Six years on, Kuciak’s and Kušnírová’s…
Two journalists have sustained serious injuries after being attacked by a mob during their coverage of the recovery of a missing woman’s body in the Bhagalpur district of Bihar, India, while Republic Bangla journalist Santu Pan was arrested while broadcasting. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliates, the National Union of Journalists - India (NUJ-I), and the Indian Journalists Union (IJU), urge authorities to ensure the safety of journalists covering protests and investigate the attack swiftly and transparently.
According to media reports, police recovered the body of a woman outside the Eastern city of Bhagalpur in Bihar, two days after she had been reported…
Media organisations, unions, and press freedom groups have raised concerns at a revised Code of Ethics for Journalists, launched by Malaysian Communications Minister Fahmi Fadzil on February 20, which could be used to extend government control over the functioning of the media and restrict press freedom. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliate, the National Union of Journalists Peninsular Malaysia (NUJM), in urging the Malaysian government to allow a free and independent media with a code of ethics developed and administered by the media industry.
Announced at the communications ministry in Putrajaya, the government review marks the first time the code has been…
I last saw Julian Assange a little before Christmas. We were in the visiting room at HMP Belmarsh, surrounded by 30 or so other inmates, sitting at tables and chairs that are secured to the floor. Overhead strip lights provided the only illumination. The weight on Assange’s shoulders was palpable. I am one of the only journalists who has been allowed to visit him in prison.
We spoke for ninety minutes. His sun-starved skin is unusually pale, his hair is now completely white, and he has lost weight. What really struck me, however, was how long his responses took. I was full of questions. Most were met, at least initially, by hesitant silence. Some reticence is to be expected – we know that…
Ahead of the International Day for Palestinian Journalists, a joint action organised by the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliate, the Palestinian Journalists’ Syndicate (PJS) on 26 February, the IFJ shares solidarity messages from its affiliates around the world to support the work of PJS and condemn the massacre of Palestinian journalists and media workers.
Around the world at noon, this February 2024, 26, the IFJ and its affiliates will observe a minute of silence for the journalists killed since October 7.
More information about the International Day for Palestinian Journalists: here
Solidarity messages in English
“We continue to condemn the…
The body of Western News journalist Myat Thu Tan has been found after he was shot and killed by military personnel on January 31, along with seven other political prisoners in the custody of Myanmar’s ruling junta. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliate, Myanmar Journalist Network (MJN), strongly condemn this horrific murder and call on the military junta to immediately prosecute those responsible and cease the rampant impunity for crimes against journalists in Myanmar.
According to IFJ sources, Myat Thu Tan, also known as Phoe Thiha, was shot by two personnel from the Light Infantry Battalion (LIB) 378 in a detainment ward in Mrauk-U Town, in Myanmar’s western…
We, the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and Journalism & Citizenship (J&C), meeting today, 16 February, on J&C’s initiative at the Arab World Institute in Paris for a day of dialogue between journalists from both shores of the Mediterranean, issue a solemn appeal to the international community to end the slaughter of journalism in Gaza and enable the international media to finally access Gaza in order to document this war’s terrible reality.
Every day for more than four months, Palestinian journalists have been putting their lives in danger in order to inform the world about the situation in Gaza and the West Bank. Around 100 of them have been…
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 mentioned. Check all the international media coverage of IFJ, divided by language, in the period from 10 February to 16 February 2024.
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Israel gets closer to prohibiting foreign press- Menafm
Could this be Assange’s last stand?- Morning Star
IFJ: Gaza's journalists face hunger as well as bombing - PSI - Public Services International
Four Iranian Journalists Missing Following Raid On Editorial Office - iranintl.com
Gaza Conflict: Western Media's Biased Portrayal and the Perilous Role of Journalists - BNN…
“The ongoing prosecution of Julian Assange jeopardises media freedom everywhere in the world”, says the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and the European Federation of Journalists (EFJ), in a joint statement ahead of his appeal hearing in London on 20 and 21 February. The IFJ and EFJ, which represent nearly 200 journalists unions’ and associations, have opposed Assange’s extradition since the publication of the US incitements under the US Espionage Act.
The charges relate to Wikileaks publication in 2010 of the Iraq and Afghan War Logs. These provided an extraordinarily detailed account of US military actions between 2004 and 2009. The logs included episodes such as that now…
Broadcast journalist Jyotiranjan Mohapatra sustained serious injuries after an attack by four people riding motorcycles in the eastern Odisha state on February 10, while journalist Nikhil Wagle’s car was attacked by political activists in Maharashtra on February 9 in relation to social media posts. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliate, the Indian Journalists Union (IJU), condemn the attacks, and urge authorities ensure all investigations into the incidents are conducted thoroughly and transparently.
On February 10, Jyotiranjan Mohapatra, a reporter with Bada Khabar TV, was allegedly chased and attacked by four men riding on two motorbikes in the VSS Nagar area…
When Julian Assange enters the dock at the Royal Courts of Justice at the end of this month he will have completed nearly five years in HMP Belmarsh. How much longer he will be a British prisoner is a decision for the judges. It is quite possible that a plane will take him to Washington within days.
This, potentially final, stage of his legal campaign to resist extradition comes exactly four years after it began – in Woolwich Crown Court, within the Belmarsh campus. One member of his legal team told me that the chances of a favourable outcome at this stage are slight. “We are not pleased about the judges who will hear our case, and although our arguments are very strong, they have already…
The Greek journalist and trade unionist Fani Petralia passed away on 25 January 2024. She was one of the leading figures in the IFJ Greek trade union, JUADN, and represented her country at numerous congresses and international meetings. In particular, she organised the IFJ Congress in Athens in 2004. The IFJ pays tribute to her great support to the Federation.
When the IFJ held its last Annual Meeting and Executive Committee in Athens in April 2023, Fani Petralia made a point of being there to welcome its leadership.
Born in 1935 in Pyrgos Ilias, Fani Petralia was a graduate of the Department of English Studies of the Faculty of Philosophy at the University of Athens and also spoke…
On 12 February, journalist Alaa al-Hams, who worked for local media, died of her wounds, according to PJS and media. Al-Hams was seriously injured two weeks ago, when an Israeli bombing hit her home in al-Geneina neighbourhood in the city of Rafah, southern Gaza Strip. On the same day, journalist Angham Ahmed Adwan, who worked for Libyan TV channel February, was killed following an Israeli airstrike that hit her home in Jabalia city.
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London-based reporter Clare Rewcastle Brown has been sentenced in absentia to two years in prison after being found guilty of criminal defamation against a Malaysian royal during her investigation into the multi-billion-dollar 1MDB corruption scandal. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) condemns the journalist’s sentencing and calls on the Malaysian authorities to immediately reverse this punitive decision.
In a surprise verdict on February 7, Rewcastle Brown, the founder and editor of online media outlet Sarawak Report, was convicted by the Kuala Terengganu Magistrates’ Court of defaming the Sultanah of Terengganu, Sultanah Nur Zahirah, under Section 500 of Malaysia’s Penal…
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 mentioned. Check all the international media coverage of IFJ, divided by language, in the period from February 3rd 2024 to February 9th 2024.
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Brussels journalists call on media organizations to take action against killing of Gaza colleagues - Anadolu Ajansi
Bosnian, Croatian, Journalists Honour Colleagues Killed in Israel-Gaza War - Balkan Insight
An Essential Intervention on Behalf of Embattled Palestinian Journalists - The Nation
Bosnian, Croatian journalists pay tribute to murdered colleagues in Palestine - Anadolu…
On 8 February, PJS confirmed the killing of Palestine TV's director Nafez Abdel Jawad and his son. Both lost their lives when an Israeli airstrike hit their home in Deir al-Balah, in the central Gaza Strip.
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The broadcast licence of the privately owned television station, Walfadjri had been revoked by the Senegalese authorities through an order issued on 5 February. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliate, the Syndicat des professionnels de L’ information et de la communication du Sénégal (SYNPICS) in condemning in the strongest terms this deliberate attack on media freedom.
According to a statement issued by SYNPICS, ‘this iniquitous decision is an unprecedented violation of press freedom’ and an attack on the right to work of the employees of Walfadjri TV. SYNPICS ‘appeals to the Minister of Communication to rescind this harsh decision, especially when,…
On February 5, a Chinese court sentenced Australian blogger, academic, and pro-democracy activist Dr Yang Hengjun to a suspended death sentence, almost half a decade after his 2019 arrest. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliate, the Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance (MEAA), condemn the sentence and urge authorities to advocate for Yang’s immediate release.
Dr Yang’s sentence was confirmed by Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong on February 5, with Australian officials “appalled” by the outcome and vowing to communicate their response to China’s ambassador in Australia in “the strongest possible terms”. Yang’s ‘suspended’ death sentence will grant the…
Join the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), the Brussels branch of the National Union of Journalists (NUJ), and the Europe branch of the Palestinian Journalists’ Syndicate (PJS) on Monday 5 February for a candlelight vigil in commemoration of journalists killed.
When? 12h30-13h30
Where? Outside the Justus Lipsius Council building, rue de la Loi, Brussels
The IFJ, together with the Brussels branch of NUJ and the Europe branch of PJS, is holding a candlelight vigil in commemoration of all journalists killed in the war in Gaza.
At least 100 journalists and media workers have been killed so far since the conflict started on 7 October, with many others injured or…
As the death toll among Gaza’s journalists climbs, media workers from the enclave have spoken about their dreams of a return to life without bullets, bombs, and brutality. In a video, recorded by the Palestinian Journalists’ Syndicate (PJS) and published by the IFJ, journalists speak of their dreams of returning home, being with family, and visiting friends.
Shurouk Shaheen, of Syria tv misses her own bed and gathering with family for a meal, for example. Ibrahim Kanan of Al Ghad tv has seen his children only three times in the past 100 days and each time only for a few minutes.
Amrou Tabash, of Al Kofiya tv yearns to see his mother, with whom he has spent only half an…
Eerie despair. No way out and no hope. The vicious hand of the 1990’s deep state continues to hold us in their grip. This is the situation in which the Serbian journalistic community finds itself after the publication on Friday 2 February of the Belgrade Court of Appeal’ final verdict acquitting the suspected murderers of Slavko Ćuruvija, journalist and publisher of Dnevni Telegraf and Evropljanin, who was killed in 1999.
Twice in previous court proceedings, former members of the State Security Service Radomir Marković, Milan Radonjić, Ratko Romić and Miroslav Kurak were sentenced to a total of 100 years in prison. Now, after the decision of the Court of Appeal, they are exonerated and…
Journalists Wong Ka-ho and Ma Kai-chung have been found guilty by a Hong Kong court of unlawfully entering the city’s legislative council on July 1, 2019, amid a pro-democracy protest in which demonstrators stormed the building in opposition to a proposed extradition bill. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) condemns the journalists’ sentencing and calls on the Hong Kong authorities to allow all members of the press to report without threat of legal retaliation.
Wong, a journalist at a student publication at the City University of Hong Kong, and Ma, a reporter for the newspaper and online news website Passion Times, faced charges of rioting and unlawfully entering the…
Según datos del Sindicato de Prensa de Buenos Aires (SiPreBA) y la Federación Argentina de Trabajadorxs de Prensa (FATPREN), al menos 25 periodistas y trabajadorxs de los medios de comunicación fueron heridxs por las fuerzas de seguridad en medio de la represión a las movilizaciones que se realizaron en rechazo a un paquete de leyes presentado por el nuevo gobierno. En las imágenes registradas por lxs colegas, se pueden ver a efectivos de la Policía Federal Argentina disparar balas de goma y rociar gases lacrimógenos a personas debidamente identificadas como trabajadorxs de prensa. La Federación Internacional de Periodistas repudia estas agresiones y exige a las autoridades el cese de la…
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 mentioned. Check all the international media coverage of IFJ, divided by language, in the period from January 27th 2024 to February 2nd 2024.
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What The NH Primaries Reveal About The Future Of Political Journalism - FORBES
Actions of authoritarian regime, says foreign correspondents in India after French journalist faces OCI notice - Maktoob Media
IFJ says it will take legal action against Israeli politicians and military leaders if they fail to comply with ICJ orders - Wafa News Agency
Palestinian journalist: Support for us in…
The horrific death toll among Gaza’s journalists has become a familiar headline. Ten per cent of the enclave’s media workers have been killed since 7 October – a mortality rate significantly in excess of combat soldiers in most wars. Less well-known are the privations of those of Gaza’s journalists who continue to work, and – since the exclusion of international reporters from the enclave – are the only source of news from Gaza.
“All the journalists have changed where they spend the night at least five times since the start of the war”, says Nasser Abu Baker, president of the Palestinian Journalists’ Syndicate (PJS) and Vice-President of the International Federation of Journalists…
On the third anniversary of the military coup in Myanmar, Global Unions call on the European Union (EU) to reevaluate its policies towards Myanmar, as human rights abuse is rife in the country. The military regime has killed more than 4,000 people, arrested almost 26,000, and suspended civil society organisations, including free trade unions.
To: Ms Ursula von der Leyen, President, European Commission
Mr Charles Michel, President, European Council
Ms Roberta Metsola, President, European Parliament
Mr Valdis Dombrovskis,Executive Vice-President, European Commission
Mr Nicholas Schmit, Commissioner, European Commission
Mr Josep Borrell, Hihg Representative, European…
Bosnia and Herzegovina Radio and Television (BHRT) is facing catastrophic financial difficulties and risks being shut down, leaving 800 employees with no job, if a funding agreement is not reached. The International and European Federations of Journalists (IFJ-EFJ) appeals to the BHRT management and politicians to find a solution as a matter of urgency.
The national public broadcaster was deprived of its only source of income, when the state-owned electric utility company Elektroprivreda BiH did not collect the TV licence fees from the citizens along with their January electricity bills. The contract with Elektroprivreda BiH was not renewed after a contract dispute with BHRT…
The body of Western News journalist Myat Thu Tan has been found after he was shot and killed by military personnel on January 31, along with seven other political prisoners in the custody of Myanmar’s ruling junta. According to IFJ sources, Myat Thu Tan, also known as Phoe Thiha, was shot by two personnel from the Light Infantry Battalion (LIB) 378 in a detainment ward in Mrauk-U Town, in Myanmar’s western Rakhine state. Myat Thu Tan was a contributor with online media outlet Western News as well as a reporter for Democratic Voice of Burma, one of the country’s largest independent media organisations.
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The Global Unions signatory below note the International Court of Justice (ICJ) Order issued in the case filed by South Africa against Israel regarding the application of the Genocide Convention in the Gaza Strip, which demonstrates the vital importance of the international rule of law and effective enforcement.
The ICJ's binding provisional measures address the urgent need to protect and prevent further harm to the Gazan population. The ICJ and the convention exist to protect human rights and the safety of vulnerable people and rely on the support of the international community. Now is the time to amplify trust in the international legal order.
The Global Unions emphasise the…
The Myanmar military regime has hammered the country’s independent media. Jailing journalists, forcing many underground, or into exile. Despite the threat of jail, frontline dangers, and loss of salary, many media workers have shown great resilience and determination to keep reporting and documenting the stories that matter – the ongoing civil war, the military’s war crimes, mass displacement, the collapse of the economy, and the effects on the daily lives of civilians. Phil Thornton reports from the Thai-Myanmar border.
A group of men and women, working under the banner, The Roots, galvanised by the violence of the military regime against civilians who opposed its rule continue to…
Personas armadas atacaron al comunicador cuando se encontraba en su vehículo en el municipio de Atima, Santa Bárbara, el pasado domingo 28 de enero. Luego de ser alertadas, las fuerzas de seguridad lo llevaron a un hospital pero no sobrevivió. La Federación Internacional de Periodistas repudia este nuevo hecho de violencia contra un miembro de los medios de comunicación y junto a la Asociación de la Prensa Hondureña (APH) demanda una investigación urgente que esclarezca responsabilidades y motivos detrás de este crimen.
El periodista Luis Alonso Teruel fue asesinado el pasado domingo cuando un grupo de personas armadas lo obligaron a bajar de su vehículo y lo hirieron. A pesar de que la…
Eleven journalists and future trainers from Senegal completed the first ‘train the trainers’ session organised by the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) on 29 January in Dakar, Senegal. The newly trained trainers will conduct their own sessions on how to improve the narratives around migration and provide nuanced and trustworthy information to the audience using their new skills, as part of the EU-funded project INFORMA.
“This project is an opportunity for IFJ affiliates to develop in-house training on the reporting of migration. This subject calls into question stereotypes and provides nuanced stories about those directly affected by migration without forgetting the historical…
Pakistan’s Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has issued summons for 47 journalists and YouTubers, with authorities to question the media figures on their alleged sharing of misinformation targeting Supreme Court Judges. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliate, the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ), urge authorities to stop their harassment of journalists and uphold press freedom.
Of the reported 65 notices submitted for the alleged spread of disinformation, 47 were sent to journalists, media workers and YouTubers. The FIA’s investigations came following the formation of a five-member Joint Investigation Team to probe alleged disinformation against…
En una reunión realizada en la embajada de Palestina en Buenos Aires, la Federación Internacional de Periodistas (FIP) y la Federación Argentina de Trabajadorxs de Prensa (FATPREN) expresaron su preocupación por el elevado número de trabajadorxs de los medios de comunicación asesinadxs y encarceladxs desde el 7 de octubre de 2023 en Gaza y Cisjordania, incluida la ciudad de Jerusalén Este, y expresaron su solidaridad con el Sindicato de Periodistas Palestinxs (PJS por sus siglas en inglés), organización afiliada a la FIP, que contabiliza al menos 112 casos de trabajadorxs de prensa muertos por los ataques del ejército de Israel en el enclave.
Carla Gaudensi, secretaria general de la…
On 29 January, Palestinian journalist Mohamed Abdel El Fatah Atta Allah, who worked as an editor for Al-Risala newspaper, was killed with members of his family in an Israeli bombardment that hit his house in Al Shati refugee camp in northern Gaza Strip, according to PJS.
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The IFJ will take legal action against Israeli politicians and military leaders, if they won’t commit to respecting the orders of the International Court of Justice, in respect of the targeting of journalists. IFJ President Dominique Pradalié and General Secretary Anthony Bellanger wrote to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defence Minister Yoav Gallant to tell them that the IFJ’s 600,000 members consider Gaza’s journalists to be their colleagues.
Dear Prime Minister Netanyahu and Defence Minister Gallant
We are writing to you on behalf of the International Federation of Journalists. We represent 600,000 journalists operating in more than 140 countries.
It is enshrined in…
Según el informe “Violencia contra periodistas y libertad de prensa en Brasil” que elabora la Federação Nacional dos Jornalistas (FENAJ), durante 2023 se registró una caída de casi un 52% respecto al año anterior en cantidad de agresiones cometidas contra trabajadorxs de medios de comunicación, lo cual coincide con la salida del gobierno de quien fuera el principal agresor de 2022, el expresidente Jair Bolsonaro. La Federación Internacional de Periodistas celebra este descenso en la violencia pero alerta que los ataques de funcionarios públicos continúan siendo la principal fuente de agresiones, lo cual demuestra que es una realidad que todavía necesita ser abordada.
Después de un…
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 mentioned. Check all the international media coverage of IFJ, divided by language, in the period from January 20th 2024 to January 26th 2024.
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Israel Has Killed Over 119 Palestinian Journalists Since Start of Gaza Siege - Truthout
The US Media Is Ignoring Israel’s Campaign to Kill Palestinian Journalists - The Nation
Journalists Syndicate to work international laws to hold Israel accountable for killing journalists - WAFA Agency
Motaz Azaiza leaves Gaza after 108 days under Israeli siege - New Arab
Azerbaijan Detains 10 Journalists…
On 26 January, journalist Iyad Ahmed Al-Ruwahi, who worked as a correspondent and presenter for Voice of Al Aqsa Radio, was killed together with members of his family when an Israeli airstrike hit his home in Al-Hasayna area of Al Nuseirat refugee camp in the Gaza Strip, PJS reported.
Continuing its crackdown on independent media in 2024, three journalists were detained by the Taliban’s intelligence agency over two days in Kabul. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliate, the Afghan Independent Journalists Union (AIJU), condemn the continued summoning and detentions of Afghan media workers and call for all cases to be swiftly investigated.
According to reports, Ehsanullah Akbari, the assistant bureau chief of Japanese media outlet Kyodo News Agency, was detained by officials from the General Directorate of Intelligence (GDI) in Kabul on January 17, after being summoned by the Taliban’s Government Media Information Center (GMIC). The same day,…
Ocurrió durante la tarde del 24 de enero, cuando un grupo de sicarios dispararon al periodista Mardonio Mejía en su casa en el departamento de Sucre, en el norte del país. Mejía era director de una radio local que cubría noticias de Sucre y San Antonio. La Federación Internacional de Periodistas (FIP) junto a la Federación Colombiana de Periodistas (FECOLPER) repudia este asesinato, que abre el recuento de este nuevo año en América Latina y el Caribe. También exige una investigación urgente que no descarte la labor periodística de Mejía como posible móvil del crimen.
El periodista Mardonio Mejía fue acribillado por sicarios ayer por la tarde en su domicilio del departamento de Sucre, en la…
In a step forward to workplace equality and inclusivity, the Council of Global Unions (CGU) Working Group on LGBTI+ rights, of which the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) is part, have launched a comprehensive toolkit to address violence and harassment of LGBTQI+ workers in the framework of ILO Convention 190. Trade unions must be a safe space for LGBTQI+ workers across the world.
Facilitators Guide: HERE Participant Workbook: HERE
As trade unionists, we are committed to build respectful and inclusive workplaces and trade unions for all. At the moment, the materials are only available in English, but we are working to provide you with a Spanish and French…
