News and Press Releases

UPDATED 24 JULY Independent news website Index.hu has told its readers that the site’s staff and the whole newsroom were in danger due to “external…

Over 200 people, including 14 journalists, were arrested on June 21 during peaceful demonstrations against the arrest of presidential nominee Viktar…

Partout dans le monde, les affiliés de la FIJ ont pris des mesures clés pour soutenir les travailleurs des médias dans le cadre de la pandémie de…

Reporter Shubham Mani Tripathi was fatally shot in the Uttar Pradesh’s Unnao district on June 19 in a suspected retaliatory attack for his journalism.…

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), representing over 600,000 journalists around the world, today joined calls by workers'…

Mongolia’s upcoming legislative council election on June 24 will test the country’s new misinformation laws passed earlier this year limiting freedom…

A year since Myanmar authorities ordered telecommunication companies to cease internet services in conflict areas of Rakhine and Chin States, a lack…

Together with 38 press freedom groups and civil society organizations, the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has joined an official call…

The Hong Kong Journalists Association (HKJA) survey on the enactment of Hong Kong’s National Security Law found 98% of journalists disagree with the…

Police lodged a First Information Report (FIR) against Supriya Sharma, the executive editor of news portal Scroll.in for her report on the lockdown in…

Since the Indian government imposed Covid-19 restrictions on March 25, the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has recorded 17 legal cases…

As Member States start discussing the proposed EU recovery plan, the International and European Federations of Journalists (IFJ/EFJ), along with 92…

"L'impact de la crise sanitaire et économique de la Covid-19 aura certainement des conséquences terribles sur les hommes et les femmes journalistes,…

Malaysiakini, an independent media outlet, and its editor-in-chief Steven Gan are facing contempt proceedings after the Federal Court's decision to…

Journalist Mohamed Mounir was detained on June 15 on charges of "spreading fake news", a widespread practice of the Egyptian government to silence…

Phal Dam, a journalist with local television TV3 based in Ratanakkiri province, northeast Cambodia, was summoned to appear in court on Monday, June 15…