News and Press Releases

Lina Attalah, Editor in Chief of the Egyptian investigative media outlet Mada Masr, was arrested on 17 May when she was interviewing a human rights…

The proposed International Productions Order law will allow Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) to access the telecommunications data…

Kyaw Lin, a journalist who reported for online independent news outlets, Myanmar Now and Development Media Group was assaulted and threatened by two…

Photographs of Rowena “Weng” Carranza-Paraan at the first all-women media safety training in the Philippines have been maliciously twisted in a…

Jorge Miguel Armenta, a cargo del grupo ObSon, salía de un restaurante en Ciudad Obregón cuando le dispararon desde una camioneta. En el ataque…

The English-language newspaper, Myanmar Times announced plans to lay off 70 employees, including 30 journalists. The International Federation of…

Alyaa Alhadjri, a senior reporter at Malaysiakini, describes the situation for journalists in Malaysia as part of the #MYMediaMatters campaign,…

Hoy es el Día Internacional contra la Homofobia, la Transfobia y la Bifobia. La Federación Internacional de Periodistas (FIP) se une al Consejo de la…

Se trata de Leonardo Pinheiro, un hombre de 39 años que reportaba desde Facebook y también había incursionado en la política de su ciudad. Al menos…

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…

Over the last weekend, protests in Mong Kok returned alongside the erosion of Hong Kong’s free press as police harassed journalists. The International…

The Swedish government announced on May 8 an expanded aid package for the media to cope with the financial losses caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The…

Journalists in Kenya are mobilising resources to support their colleagues who have been affected by the crisis of Covid-19. The International…

The National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) barred a Rappler journalist from access to the press corps’ Viber group after the journalist…

The Norwegian government presented on May 12 a proposal for a media aid package to address the financial situation of the country’s media during the…