Criminal prosecutions of journalists are increasing in Belarus. Journalby editor Andrei Alexandrov was arrested on 12 January. Eight other journalists…

Una jueza española condenó a la revista CTXT a indemnizar a un personaje público y a silenciar sus informaciones sobre el mismo tras publicar una…

Journalists at sports newspaper ‘L’Equipe’ and France TV channels have taken strike action in a dispute over a job protection plan and dismissals. The…

Turkish Cypriot journalist and publisher Sener Levent is the target of a harassment campaign by the Turkish authorities for his critical reporting on…

Renowned journalist Hopewell Chin’ono was arrested by police on 8 January after tweeting about a video allegedly showing a police officer hitting a…

Former Chinese journalist and renowned critic of internet censorship Zhang Jialong was sentenced to 18 months in prison on January 8 for his remarks…

A Jordanian parliamentarian has accused media and journalists in the country of spreading misleading rumors and "poisoned ideas", amongst other…

The Hong Kong police served four media organisations with court warrants requiring the handing in of internal documents related to July's primary…

La Federación Internacional de Periodistas (FIP), desde su Oficina Regional para América Latina y el Caribe, y la Fundación Friedrich Ebert (FES)…

Newspaper editor Aamer Abdel Moneim and photojournalist Hamdy Al Zaeim were arrested by police on 18 December and 6 January respectively for allegedly…

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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…

The Yemeni Journalists’ Syndicate (YJS) has documented 112 cases of violations of media and journalists’ rights in 2020, including killings, torture,…

There were 138 violations of media and journalists' rights during 2020 in Iraqi Kurdistan, including arbitrary arrests and physical attacks, a new…

UPDATED 11.01.2021. Violent protesters targeted and attacked media workers during the assault on the United States Capitol in Washington DC. The…

Three women journalists were detained and another was beaten by police on 5 January during a protest in the Turkish capital Ankara against the…

A TV journalist was killed in a missile attack on Aden Airport on 30 December. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliate,…