News and Press Releases

On September 4, Aleksandr Lukashenko‘s regime ordered the country’s embassies to stop issuing passports to citizens living abroad. A measure that will…

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has joined the undersigned journalists’ and media freedom organisations in strongly condemning the…

BBC journalists in Cairo deserve fair pay that takes account of Egypt’s recent financial crisis, was the message delivered outside the Corporation’s…

Dissident journalists Elena Kostyuchenko, a former reporter for the investigative newspaper Novaya Gazeta, and Irina Babloyan, previously a journalist…

The International and the European Federations of Journalists (IFJ-EFJ) and the undersigned media freedom, freedom of expression, human rights, and…

The Turkish offices of the Russian news agency Sputnik, in Istanbul and Ankara, have just dismissed 24 unionised journalists who had decided to strike…

On August 7, Russian missile strikes damaged a hotel, which is popular among journalists covering the war, in the city of Pokrovsk in the eastern…

Julian Assange reconoce el impacto perjudicial que su caso tendrá en la libertad de prensa en todo el mundo, y agradece el apoyo que lxs periodistas…

UPDATED 02.08.23. Former Russian journalist Ivan Safronov who has been imprisoned for alleged "high treason" since 7th July 2020, was sentenced to a…

Los y las trabajadores/as de la prensa diaria se visten de negro los miércoles en muchas redacciones para exigir aumentos salariales y mejores…

The International and European Federations of Journalists (IFJ-EFJ) join its affiliate in Armenia, the Union of Armenian journalists (UAJ), in…

Following statements against the Italian Vice President of the Council of Ministers Matteo Salvini (far right), journalist Roberto Saviano saw the…

On 26 July, the Grodno Regional Court sentenced journalist Pavel Mazheyka to 6 years in a prison under the strict regime, reports the Belarusian…

Croatia’s draft media law poses a significant threat to free expression. If adopted, it would ban journalists from criticising actions by the…

The repression of journalism continues in Azerbaijan. Journalist Vugar Mammadov was sentenced to one month in prison on 24 July for simply doing his…

Police violence, restricted freedom of movement, repression of freedom of expression, over-regulation by the new state media agency... Azerbaijani…