News and Press Releases

One month has passed since 24 journalists from the Russian news agency Sputnik in Istanbul and Ankara were dismissed. As members of the Journalists'…

The Ankara 22nd Heavy Penal Court handed travel bans to Faruk Eren, President of the DİSK Basın-İş Union, and editor of the Gerçek Gündem news portal…

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 recognises the harmful impact that his case will have on media freedom the world over, and is grateful for the support that journalists…

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…

Daily press workers in many newsrooms are wearing black on Wednesdays to demand pay rises and improved working conditions, after more than a decade of…

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…