News and Press Releases

[Updated on 5th August] Tanzanian police arrested prominent investigative journalist Erick Kabendera on Monday 29 July for questioning over his…

Sadiq Ibrahim Ahmed, president of the Federation of African Journalists (FAJ) and head of the Sudanese Journalists Union (SJU) was released by the…

Huang Qi, an investigative journalist and publisher of the human rights news website 64 Tianwang, was sentenced to 12 years in prison after months of…

A report from the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has found that the rise of Google, Facebook and similar businesses is a threat…

Bail has been granted to two Cambodian journalists facing incitement charges, however they must remain under court supervision. The International…

Por Marvin David Del Cid Enviado Especial de la Federación Internacional de Periodistas (FIP) Bogotá, 25 de julio de 2019

Varios periodistas y reporteros gráficos fueron agredidos y atacados por manifestantes y agentes de policía cuando informaban sobre una protesta de…

A journalist was obstructed from reporting on a Sri Lankan Air Force Commander’s visit to a Buddhist monastery in Kandy on Sunday, July 21. The…

The National Democratic Alliance has introduced two labour codes that threaten journalism by abolishing the wage board and removing the Working…

The IFJ has backed demands for the immediate release of the head of the Sudanese Journalists Union (SJU) after he was seized by the country’s military…

On 22nd July a Gambian army officer accused ex-president Yahya Jammeh of ordering the 2004 murder of journalist and former head of the Gambia Press…

Pakistan’s private broadcaster Geo News was forced off air and its channel number abruptly changed in many parts of the country during Pakistani Prime…

Mohammad Tayyab and Ali Raza, two reporters of Channel 24 News, were brutally beaten by a group of lawyers in Faisalabad, the second-largest city in…

Two reporters were arrested in Preah Sihanouk province in the south-west of Cambodia after they covered the protest of an ongoing land dispute on…

Precious Owolabi, a reporter for Channels Television, was shot dead on 22 July while covering a protest by members of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria…

Israeli military forces attacked Palestinian journalists when they were covering a protest march in the Gaza border. The International Federation of…