Iran's revolutionary court announced on 22 October its preliminary ruling in the case of Niloofar Hamedi and Elahe Mohammadi, two women journalists who were among the first to report about Mahsa Amini’s death and her funeral. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) renews its call on Iranian authorities to release all imprisoned journalists and media workers.
The court ruled that the two journalists were guilty of three charges: "cooperation with the US government as a hostile country to Iran", "assembly and collusion to commit crimes against Iran’s security", and "propaganda activity against the Islamic Republic of Iran".
Hamedi, a reporter for Shargh Daily, and Mohammadi,…
On 22 October, Roshdi Sarraj, co-founder of Ain Media, photojournalist, film-maker and fixer for several international media, including Radio France, was killed in an Israeli air raid that hit his home, western Gaza city, PJS and media reported.
impunity, safety, journalist, Palestine, Palestinian, IFJ, union
Union leaders and young members from North Macedonia, Serbia and Montenegro have called on the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) to establish a global group to fight for the rights of young workers. The group would bring together young journalists and media workers from IFJ-affiliated unions around the world.
Twenty union leaders and young journalists from the Independent Trade Union of Journalists and Media Workers (SSNM), the Journalists’ Union of Serbia (SINOS) and the Trade Union Media of Montenegro (TUMM) came together on October 20 and 21 in Skopje, North Macedonia, as part of a regional union building project supported by Union to Union…
On 21 October, Hani Madhoun, who worked as an administrative staff for Al Aqsa TV, was killed in an Israeli airstrike on his home in Gaza.
Palestine, Palestinian, journalist, killed, impunity, safety, Hani Madhoun, Gaza, union, IFJ
On 20 October, PJS confirmed the death of Mohammad Abu Ali, a journalist with "Al-Shabab" radio in Gaza, who was killed by Israeli shelling of his home in the northern Gaza strip.
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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 October 14th 2023 to October 20th 2023.
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India: Arrests, Raids Target Critics of Government - INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION FOR HUMAN RIGHTS
Free training, checklists, guides and tools to promote safe reporting as journalists’ deaths rise - WAN-IFRA - WAN-IFRA
Reuters journalist killed, 6 wounded in Israeli shelling on Lebanon border - Al-Monitor: Independent, trusted coverage of the Middle East - Al Monitor
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The Israeli government has approved on 20 October a new regulation that will allow for the temporary shut down of news channels which ‘damage national security’. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) urges Israel to review its decision in the name of media pluralism and the public’s right to know.
The proposed regulations, approved on 20 October, aim to prohibit news organisations from ‘undermining national security, public order or serving as a basis for enemy propaganda’. While the regulation appears to be aimed at the operation of Qatari channel Al Jazeera, the IFJ fears they could also be used to shut down other media operating in Israel and the occupied Palestinian…
The Al Jazeera Centre for Public Liberties and Human Rights (ACPLHR) in collaboration with the Federation of African Journalists (FAJ) held a Side Event on the ‘Challenges of Media Freedom and the Safety of Journalists; Implications of impunity for Perpetrators of Crimes against Journalists and the Rule of Law, in Arusha, Tanzania, on Thursday 19 October, alongside the 77 Ordinary Session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights.
The Side Event brought together about 30 participants from various media organisations namely, Article 19, International Press Institute (IPI) Namibia Media Trust (NMT) the Journalists Workers Union of Tanzania (JOWUTA) and the Kenya Union of…
On October 17, the Federation of Nepali Journalists (FNJ) announced the start of daily one-hour protest action at Kantipur Media Group (KMG) in Thapathali, demanding the implementation of minimum wages and the reinstatement of illegally dismissed media workers. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliate, the Federation of Nepali Journalists (FNJ), in urging the KMG to abide by labour rights standards and rehire all dismissed workers, and calling on the Nepali government to ensure that the security and professional rights of journalists are not infringed upon.
The FNJ organised a protest at the KMG office on October 17 in response to the unjust dismissal of 82…
On 19 October, Khalil Abu Athra, cameraman for Al-Aqsa TV, was killed in the Al-Nasr neighborhood, north of Rafah.
impunity, journalist, safety, Palestine, Palestinian, IFJ, union
Unverified information, unsourced videos and images from social networks: the war between Hamas and Israel is also a war of communication. The IFJ, the world's leading professional organisation of journalists, reiterates that the professional principles of journalists must be absolutely respected.
The duty is to provide information in the public interest.
Two weeks after the start of the war between Hamas and Israel, the communication war is intense, with each side defending "its" truth. Banned from working in the Gaza Strip, an open-air prison for Palestinian civilians, many foreign journalists all too often use secondary sources or "official" sources from each side, without being able…
On 18 October Al-Aqsa TV producer and director Samih Al-Nadi was killed in an aircraft bombing on the Gaza Strip.
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On 17 October, PJS reported the killing of Al Aqsa TV journalist Isam Bahar, following the bombing of his house in Gaza city.
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On 17 October, Palestine TV journalist Mohammed Balousha was killed in his apartment due to bombings in Gaza city. PJS and media confirmed his death.
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Journalist and Director of Somali Cable TV Abdifatah Moallim Nur (Qeys) was killed on October 16 in a suicide bomb attack at Blue Sky restaurant in the capital Mogadishu. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliate, the National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ), in condemning the death of Moallim Nur and calls upon the Somali government to launch an investigation into the killing and to hold the perpetrators to account.
According to police in Mogadishu, at around 21:00 a Khawarij suicide bomber detonated explosives beside people who were having tea outside the Blue Sky restaurant in Bondhere district.
According to a statement issued by NUSOJ there is an…
In two separate incidents on October 12, army personnel obstructed journalists and media workers, deleting footage they had captured of an attack on the outskirts of Imphal, Manipur. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliate, the Indian Journalists’ Union (IJU), condemn the disruption of the journalists’ work and urge authorities to ensure that media workers can freely and independently perform their duties.
On October 12, journalists and media workers were prevented from covering an attack on a village in Manipur’s Sabunkhok Khunou village by members of a combined Jat and Gorkha armed contingent, with the soldiers deleting footage from the journalists’…
La Federación de Periodistas de América Latina y el Caribe (FEPALC), organización regional de la Federación Internacional de Periodistas, se reunió en Costa Rica durante tres días para llevar adelante dos jornadas de formación sindical y su Asamblea Anual. En este marco, se definió la nueva presidencia de FEPALC, que fue asumida por Álvaro Pan Cruz de la Asociación de la Prensa Uruguaya. Entre las mociones aprobadas, lxs dirigentes de organizaciones de todo el continente resolvieron repudiar los asesinatos de colegas en Gaza y solidarizarse con el Sindicato de Periodistas de Palestina.
Entre el 11 y el 13 de octubre, la FEPALC realizó el Encuentro Regional 2023 que reunió a periodistas de…
On 16 October, a bombardment hit the house of Al Aqsa TV journalist Abdul Hadi Habib in the Zeitun neighbourhood in Gaza city. PJS and media confirmed his death.
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The Director of the privately owned Somali Cable TV, Abdifatah Moallim Nur, was killed in a suicide bomb attack at a restaurant in the capital, Mogadishu on 16 October
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The streets of Kahn Younis look much the same as scores of Mediterranean cities – lined with modern, seven-storey flats, shops trading and cars parked by the kerbs. Less usual, in the south Gazan city, is the backdrop of artillery fire, and the tang of high explosives that hangs heavy on the air. Until a week ago, Kahn Younis had a population of 350,000. Today, its streets are far busier, as Gaza’s population has streamed south in anticipation of an Israeli land invasion.
Among those living in a displacement centre is Dr Tahseen Al Asttal, vice president of the Palestinian Journalists Syndicate, and the union’s leader in Gaza. The 52-year-old spent the weekend touring around approximately…
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliate the Palestinian Journalists Syndicate (PJS) have published a safety advisory for journalists covering the war in Gaza. This key document, analysing future developments of the war in Gaza, is available in English and Arabic.
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The IFJ urges warring parties to let journalists report freely and without threat or fear.
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On the sixth anniversary of the murder of Maltese investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, we, the undersigned organizations, renew our calls for Maltese authorities to bring to justice all those responsible for her killing and to implement in full the recommendations of the public inquiry into her assassination.
Caruana Galizia, who rose to prominence through her anti-corruption investigations and blogs, was killed by a car bomb in Malta on October 16, 2017. Three men have been convicted for the journalist’s murder and three other suspects await trial.
After pressure from the Caruana Galizia family and civil society, a public inquiry was set up in 2019 to…
Reuters video journalist Issam Abdallah was killed on 13 October by an Israeli strike in southern Lebanon, while providing video signal for broadcasters. Six other journalists, including from Al Jazeera, Agence France-Presse and Reuters, were wounded in the same incident near Alma al-Shaab town, close to the Israeli border. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliate, the Lebanese Journalists’ Syndicate, in condemning the killing of Abdallah and calls on the authorities to launch a thorough investigation. The IFJ restates that crimes against journalists must not go unpunished.
“We are urgently seeking more information, working with the authorities in the region,”…
On 14 October, freelance journalist Yousef Dawwas was killed together with his family in an Israeli airstrike on the Gaza Strip, Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor reported.
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On 13 October, Reuters video journalist Issam Abdallah was killed by an Israeli strike in southern Lebanon, while providing video signal for broadcasters.
“We are urgently seeking more information, working with the authorities in the region,” said Reuters in a statement. The videographer Abdallah was part of the news agency team in southern Lebanon.
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On 13 October, PJS confirmed the killing of journalist Hossam Mubarak, working for Al Aqsa radio, when an Israeli shelling hit his home in northern Gaza city.
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Palestinian journalist and representative of the Palestinian Journalists’ Syndicate (PJS), Shuruq As’ad, based in the West Bank, tells the story of many journalists in Gaza and calls for their protection. “Journalists in Gaza thought their offices and houses were safe, but they were bombed. We call for protection. We are so worried and we do not want to lose another journalist.”
Latest updates on the Israel-Gaza conflict here
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Since the outbreak of the armed conflict between Hamas and Israel, the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has been in constant dialogue with its Palestinian affiliate, the Palestinian Journalists' Syndicate (PJS), who organise journalists in the Gaza Strip, as well as being in contact Israeli journalists. The IFJ and its affiliates around the world call on Unesco to do its utmost to protect journalists and demand that the warring parties de-escalate the violence, which will only result in civilian casualties, particularly journalists.
Since 7 October 2023 and the first Hamas attack, thousands of Palestinian and Israeli civilians have been killed, including journalists and media…
Student journalist Mosharrof Shah was attacked and threatened by a group of individuals while on campus at the University of Chittagong, after reporting on a factional clash of the Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL). The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) condemns the attack and urges the local authorities to conduct an immediate investigation into the incident.
On the morning of September 24, Shah, a correspondent for the privately owned daily newspaper Prothom Alo, was attacked by a group of individuals associated with the BCL at the University of Chittagong. Shah had previously published reports on factional clashes within the university’s BCL unit, the student wing of the ruling…
Palestinian journalist and IFJ Safety Trainer Sami Abu Salem shares the reality of journalists operating from Gaza: “We have no internet service, there is a lack of electricity, no transportation, and even the streets are damaged. That's why we cannot tell lots of stories - thousands of stories.”
Latest updates on the Israel-Gaza conflict here
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On 12 October, producer of Voice of Prisoners Radio Ahmed Shehab was killed alongside with his family members when an Israeli airstrike struk his house in Jabalia refugee camp, in the northern Gaza Strip, PJS reported.
safety, impunity, Palestine, Gaza, Palestinian, journalist, killed
Australian journalist Cheng Lei has returned to Australia after over three years of pre-trial detention on National Security Charges. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its Australian affiliate, the Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance (MEAA) welcome her return to Australia and commend the advocacy, lobbying, and other support granted to Lei during her detention.
On October 11, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, and Minister for Foreign Affairs Penny Wong announced the safe return of jailed journalist and MEAA member Cheng Lei after over three years in detention. Lei was reunited with her husband and two young children upon arrival at Melbourne’s Tullamarine…
Radio Nasim's manager and two reporters, who had previously been arrested by the Taliban in late September, were once again detained on October 7 by the Taliban General Directorate of Intelligence in Daikundi Province. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliate, the Afghan Independent Journalists Union (AIJU), condemn the journalists’ detention and call for the immediate release of all media workers still in custody.
On October 7, the manager of the independent broadcaster Radio Nasim Sultan Ali Javadi, and two reporters, Saifullah Rezaei and Mojtaba Qasemi, were arrested by members of the Taliban’s General Directorate of Intelligence (GDI) from Jawadi’s home in the…
Widespread protests in 2022 have had a galvanising effect on Sri Lanka’s political landscape, with journalists continuing to face violence, state repression and threats to fundamental freedoms seen at the height of unrest. Sri Lanka Working Journalists Association (SLWJA) Executive Committee member Amandika Cooray shares her experience of protest, struggle, and unionism.
I emerged as a female student activist and journalist after having been raised in a very political environment. Since my father and other family members were liberal, they encouraged me to be politically aware and did not place the restrictions that women in South Asia, including Sri Lanka, are usually subjected…
Western Australia (WA) police have demanded that the Australian Broadcast Corporation (ABC) hand over footage filmed for a documentary program covering planned climate protest action. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its Australian affiliate, the Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance (MEAA) condemn the demands by law enforcement for footage and urge the authorities to respect press freedom and source confidentiality.
On October 6, WA police requested the ABC to surrender footage captured for use in a documentary program, Four Corners, after the broadcaster recorded the planning of a protest outside the home of fossil fuel magnate Med O’Neill. The order was issued via…
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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 October 7th 2023 to October 13th 2023.
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IFJ urges Sri Lanka to rethink Online Safety Bill | Tamil Guardian - Tamil Guardian
International media organizations extremely concerned by Latvian proposal to ban Russian-language content on PSM from 2026 | EBU - European Broadcasting Union (EBU)
IFJ condemns editorial interference by Ringier Media Group - Act Media
Assange may be in the dock, but it is journalism that’s on trial | The…
On 11 October, the PJS confirmed the killing of journalist Mohammed Fayez Yousef Abu Matar, 28, following Israeli bombings on Rafah governorate, southern Gaza Strip. According to the state-run news agency WAFA, Abu Matar was a freelance photographer covering the ongoing military operations when he was killed.
Palestine, Palestinian, safety, impunity, journalist, killed, Gaza, bombing, IFJ, PJS, Mohammed Fayez Yousef Abu Matar
On 10 October, Salam Meimah, who worked for Al Quds Radio, was killed in an Israeli airstrike on her home in Jabalia refugee camp, northern Gaza strip. Her body was recovered from the rubber three days later, on 13 October.
safety, IFJ, impunity, killing, Palestine, Palestinian, Gaza, Salam Meimah, journalist, journalism
A reporter with the online news outlet, Sudan Bukra, was killed on 10 October when she was run over by a vehicle belonging to the Rapid Support Forces militia, while she was reporting on from the street in Omdurman, north- west of the capital Khartoum.
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Journalist Haleima Idris, who worked at Sudan Bukrah TV, was run over by a military vehicle belonging to the Rapid Forces army on 10 October in UmDruman/Khartoum.
impunity, Middle East, Sudan, Sudanese, journalist,
[UPDATED 23.10.2023] At least four Israeli journalists were killed on 7 October, during Hamas' attack on southern Israel. Among the hostages confirmed by the Israeli military is retired journalist Oded Lifshitz, aged 83, who was taken from his home in Kibbutz Nir Oz, near the border with the Gaza Strip. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) condemns the killings and calls for an immediate investigation. The IFJ is extremely concerned over Lifshitz and demands his immediate release.
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On 20 October, Israel confirmed the death of Ynet photographer Roee Idan, who was unaccounted for more than ten days. Since Hamas' attack, fears grew that Idan was taken hostage…
On 10 October, three Palestinian journalists Said al-Tawil, director of Al-Khamisa news agency; photojournalist Mohammed Sobboh and photographer Hisham Al-Nawajha, who both worked for Khabar news agency, were killed by an Israeli airstrike that hit a residential building near Gaza City's fishing port, AFP reported. The Hamas-run government said that the three reporters were covering the evacuation of a residential building nearby, when the missile struck.
In the early hours of 7 October, Hamas launched an unprecedented attack in southern Israel. In response, Israel retaliated with airstrikes over the besieged Gaza Strip and formally declared war at Hamas.
Safety, Palestine,…
Pakistan’s government has declared that all unregistered Afghan refugees must leave the country by November 1 or face deportation, raising concerns for over 200 Afghan journalists in exile and amplifying the challenges they face in the wake of the Taliban's crackdown on press freedom. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliates, the Afghan Independent Journalists’ Union (AIJU), Afghanistan National Journalists’ Union (ANJU), and the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ), strongly urge Pakistan’s government to reconsider the directive and call on media stakeholders, civil society organisations, and international governments to increase their support for Afghan…
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Safety of Journalists is the cornerstone of the IFJ's campaign for the promotion of the press freedom.
The IFJ’s Safety Fund is a lifeline for journalists facing violence, persecution and threat or needing medical treatment. It is a shining example of journalist to journalist solidarity, providing immediate relief to those in danger and need around the world. The Safety Fund offers financial assistance in a range of emergency cases such as threats, violence and threats thereof, prosecution, settlement in exile and illness. The IFJ Safety Fund can only continue to assist journalists with YOUR ongoing support.
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On 8 October, freelance journalist Asaad Shamlakh was killed with his family in an Israeli airstrike on his home in Sheikh Ejline neighborhood in Gaza city, PJS confirmed.
IFJ, journalists, impunity, Palestine, Palestinian, safety
On 7 October, Palestinian photojournalists Mohammad Al-Salhi, working for news agency Fourth Authority and Ibrahim Lafi from Ain Media news agency were killed while covering fights in the Gaza Strip during on-going military operations in the area.
Mohammad Al-Salhi was shot dead while covering the clashes at the border east of Palestinian refugee camp Al-Bureij, located in the central Gaza Strip, according to the state-run news agency WAFA.
In the same day, the media reported that photojournalist Ibrahim Lafi was killed while reporting near Beit Hanoun checkpoint, close to the separation fence with Israel, in the northern Gaza Strip.
IFJ, journalists, impunity, safety, Palestine,…
During Hamas' attack, on 7 October, news editor with the Israeli Broadcasting Corportation (KAN) Ayelet Arnin, 22, was killed at the Supernova music festival in southern Isael.
Armin's death was confirmed on 16 October, the Times of Israel reported.
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Israeli media reported the killing of editor of TMI, the gossip and entertainment news section of the Ma’ariv newspaper Shai Regev, 25.
Regev was killed at the Supernova music festival on 7 October.
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In the early hours of 7 October, Israeli photographer Yaniv Zohar, from daily newspaper Israel HaYom, was killed in Kibbutz Nahal Oz, in southern Israel, close to the border with the Gaza Strip.
Previously, Zohar had worked for Associated Press as a video journalist between 2005 and 2020, reporting on major news in the country such as the Israeli withdrawal from Gaza in 2005.
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Israeli media reported the killing of editor of TMI, the gossip and entertainment news section of the Ma’ariv newspaper. Shai Regev, 25. Regev was killed at the Supernova music festival on 7 October.
In the early hours of 7 October, Hamas launched an unprecedented attack in southern Israel. In response, Israel retaliated with airstrikes over the besieged Gaza Strip and formally declared war at Hamas.
IFJ, journalists, impunity, Israel, safety...
During Hamas' attack, news editor with the Israeli Broadcasting Corportation (KAN) Ayelet Arnin, 22, was killed at the Supernova music festival in southern Isael, the Times of Israel confirmed on 16 October. Arnin attended the event to cover it, according to her employer, KAN.
In the early hours of 7 October, Hamas launched an unprecedented attack in southern Israel. In response, Israel retaliated with airstrikes over the besieged Gaza Strip and formally declared war at Hamas.
IFJ, journalists, impunity, Israel, safety
In the early hours of 7 October, Israeli photographer Yaniv Zohar, from daily newspaper Israel HaYom, was killed in Kibbutz Nahal Oz, in southern Israel, close to the border with the Gaza Strip. Previously, Zohar had worked for Associated Press reporting on violent escalations on the ground such as in 2014 and 2016.
In the early hours of 7 October, Hamas launched an unprecedented attack in southern Israel. In response, Israel retaliated with airstrikes over the besieged Gaza Strip and formally declared war at Hamas.
IFJ, journalists, impunity, Israel, safety
On 7 October, journalist Muhammad Jarghoun, working for Smart Media, a media production company in Gaza, was killed while covering the fight between Hamas and the Israeli army, close to Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip.
On 20 October, Israel confirmed the death of Ynet photographer Roee Idan, who was unaccounted for more than ten days. Since Hamas' attack, fears grew that Idan was taken hostage until his body was finally identified. The Israeli photographer was killed during Hamas' attack on 7 October in Kibbutz Kfar Aza, where he was based, five kilometres east of Gaza. The news outlet he was working for, Ynet, confirmed that the photographer was documenting the early moments of the attack.
IFJ, journalists, impunity, Israel, Ynet, Israeli, safety, union, Roee Idan, photographer
“Quality information depends on decent working conditions for all media workers and young journalists should be no exception,” says the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ). On 7 October, the Federation will mark the World Day for Decent Work by launching a global survey to assess the needs of young media workers.
In recent decades, precarious working conditions, including poor pay, lack of contracts, heavy workloads, stress and job insecurity have blighted the news sector. Young workers have particularly suffered.
Sharply increasing inflation has brought issues to a head, exacerbated by media anti-union policies and legislation limiting freelancers’ rights to organise. The…
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 September 30th 2023 to October 6th 2023.
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A Call for Urgent Adoption of An Access to Information Legislation - Global News Network Liberia - GNN Liberia
State, Media And Criminalizing Thoughts: Closure Of News Click| Countercurrents - Countercurrents
Govt questioned over suspension of state newspaper editor - The Namibian - The Namibian
Prabir Purkayastha (NewsClick) Wiki, Age, Wife, Net Worth, Family, Education & Biography -…
Ali Kişmir, the President of the Cyprus Turkish Journalists' Union (Basin-Sen), an affiliate of the International and the European Federations of Journalists (IFJ-EFJ), will stand trial on 6 October for an article published in 2020. Kişmir faces a ten-year prison sentence for “insulting and mocking” the security forces. The IFJ and EFJ call for the charges against him to be dropped and urge the authorities to safeguard freedom of expression which is a cornerstone of democracy.
In an opinion article published in 2020, the journalist described the state of his country’s politics as a “brothel”. Three years later, he will be tried for “insulting and mocking the security forces” in a court in…
The undersigned international media freedom and journalists' organisations, including the International and European Federations of Journalists (IFJ-EFJ) are extremely concerned by Latvian government proposals to ban the broadcast of Russian language content on Latvian public service media.
On 28 September, the Latvian parliament approved the ‘National Security Concept’ a government-backed policy planning document. It states that all ‘content created by public media must only be in Latvian and languages belonging to the European cultural space’ from 1 January 2026. The move would essentially prohibit Latvian TV and Latvian Radio from continuing to produce content in Russian.
Currently,…
On 5 October, assistant cameraman Abdulghani Abu Sha'ar, who worked for Syrian TV, was killed in a drone attack during a graduation event of the military academy in Homs.
Syrian, Syrian, impunity, killed, safety, middle east, IFJ, union
At the plenary session in Strasbourg, the European Parliament (EP) adopted on 3 October, with an overwhelming majority, (448 votes in favour, 102 votes against and 75 abstentions) its position on the European Media Freedom Act (EMFA). The International and European Federations of Journalists (IFJ-EFJ) appreciate the EP’s continued commitment to preserving and promoting media freedom in an ever more hostile and fragile media environment. Many essential changes have been made since the legislative process began, but concerns about spying on journalists remain.
"After a year of advocacy in close cooperation with other media freedom, civil society and digital rights organisations, we are happy…
"You have the support of hundreds of thousands of journalists around the world", announced our First Vice-President, Zuliana Lainez Otero, on 30 September to the workers of the Mexican news agency Notimex, who have been on strike for 3 years and 7 months.
Supporting striking colleagues benefits all journalists
The latest strikes by our colleagues in Egypt (BBC Cairo), Mexico (Notimex), France (Le Journal du Dimanche), Türkiye (Sputnik) and elsewhere remind us that international solidarity plays an essential role in these difficult times for strikers and their families.
Showing that the IFJ is present and ready to defend its sisters and brothers around the world in their trade union…
In an open letter, seventy journalists from the media outlets Libertatea and Gazeta Sporturilor have accused Ringier Media Group of editorial interference that led to the dismissal of Editor-in-Chief, Cătălin Țepelin. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliate, the Romanian Trade Union of Journalists MediaSind condemning Țepelin’s layoff and management pressure applied to journalists.
On 2 October, the Zurich-based Ringer Media Group demanded the resignation of Țepelin, a move opposed by the seventy journalists in an open letter.
According to the statement, on 31 July and 8 August, two executives of the media company asked the Editor-in-Chief to provide…
New legislation presented to Sri Lanka’s Parliament on October 2 has been criticised as impacting freedom of expression and information in online spaces, with a new commission allowed to define, regulate, and prosecute the production or publication of ‘false statements’. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its Sri Lankan affiliates, the Federation of Media Employees’ Trade Unions (FMETU), the Free Media Movement (FMM), and the Sri Lanka Working Journalists Association (SLWJA), urge the Sri Lankan parliament to withdraw the bill immediately and conduct an immediate and thorough review in consultation with media stakeholders.
The controversial Online Safety Bill was…
The offices of news outlet NewsClick and the residences of several journalists were raided by Delhi authorities on October 3, with founder Prabir Purkayastha and administrative officer Amit Chakraborty arrested over allegations of accepting foreign funding. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliate, the Indian Journalists Union (IJU), condemn the targeted police action against journalists and media workers and urge the authorities to release the detained journalists immediately.
On October 3, police officers raided the offices of independent Delhi-based news outlet NewsClick, confiscating equipment and questioning outlet staff and media workers. At least 30 homes…
The Managing Editor of state-owned New Era newspaper, Johnathan Beukes, was suspended from work on 2 October after publishing an editorial critical of Namibia’s judiciary. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliate the Namibia Media Professionals Union (NAMPU) in condemning Beukes’ removal from work, which it considers a deliberate attack on media freedom. It calls on the authorities to reinstate the Managing Editor without any delay.
On 2 October, Beukes was suspended from his position without formal charges brought against him, according to a press release issued by NAMPU. The Chief Executive of the publication, Christof Maletsky disclosed no further information…
Muhammad Khalid Jamil, the bureau chief of Ausaf Broadcast Network (ABN) News, was granted bail On September 29, after a September 23 decision placed him in judicial remand for 14 days. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliate, the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ), condemn the arrest and urge the authorities to withdraw all charges against the journalist.
Muhammad Khalid Jamil was arrested from his home in Media Town, Islamabad, on the evening of September 21. After a two-day physical remand, Jamil appeared in an Islamabad district and sessions court, with Pakistan’s Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) failing to receive an extension of his detention.…
Occasionally, a simple act of solidarity acquires the power of transformative alchemy. This force is the essence of trades unionism. An early-morning visit to the BBC’s London headquarters at the end of August demonstrated just this.
A handful of us – in the name of the IFJ and the NUJ – mounted a protest in support of our colleagues in Egypt who were at the time taking strike action in the BBC’s Cairo newsroom. It is a large bureau, where more than 100 journalists, most of them locally-recruited, provide coverage, predominantly for the BBC’s Arabic output. In Egypt, the past year has been one of dramatic economic volatility. Official inflation is close to 40 per cent, and actual inflation…
