News and Press Releases

Lawmakers have approved the Human Security Act or new anti-terrorism law, giving the government more power to restrict dissent. International…

The IFJ has demanded an end to the deliberate, outrageous and systematic targeting of journalists covering protests in the US, as the toll of those…

An Indonesian Solidarity Party politician sues journalist Farid Gaban for his critique of Teten Masduki, minister of Cooperatives and Small and Medium…

A roadside bomb killed Khurshid TV journalist, Zamir Amiri and technician Shafiqullah Zabih, who were on a bus carrying 15 Khurshid TV employees. The…

The Russian authorities condemned reporter and activist Ilya Azar to 15 days in prison on 28 May and detained several journalists who rallied in his…

A journalist from one of Indonesia’s largest digital media companies, DetikCom received death threats following their coverage of Indonesian president…

Police registered a case against six suspects, accused of the murder of KTN news journalist, Zulfiqar Ali Mandrani who was shot by unidentified gunmen…

Emily Maitlis was replaced as host of the BBC's Newsnight programme after bosses reprimanded her over her introduction to the previous night's show in…

Bimal Shyaman, a journalist with Hiru, Derana and Swarnavahini television channels, was harassed and assaulted while reporting the Eid celebrations in…

Zulfiqar Ali Mandrani, a senior journalist with the Sindhi newspaper Daily Koshish was shot dead by two assailants in Jacobabad on Tuesday, May 26.…

The governments of India and Pakistan are stand-outs in terms of asking Facebook to reveal information related to user accounts. The International…

As arrests, attacks and harassment of journalists continues over their reports on the government’s administrative failures in handling Covid-19, …

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…

Periodistas de distintos medios de comunicación fueron agredidos e intimidados mientras cubrían las manifestaciones contra el gobierno por su gestión…

A Karen state court sentenced Zaw Ye Htet, the chief editor of online news agency Dae Pyaw to two years in prison for an article alleging there had…

Kolkata-based English daily The Telegraph announced the shutdown of its Guwahati edition, asking staff to resign by May 31, citing the economic…