News and Press Releases

On 26 April 2021, Documento publisher and journalist Kostas Vaxevanis was given increased police protection after the Athens Prosecutor’s Office…

As part of UNESCO's World Press Freedom Day activities, the IFJ will host an event on 1 May from 12 am CET to 1pm CET on Remember the Dead, Fight for…

This year’s World Intellectual Property Day – celebrated on 26 April 2021 – marks a turning point in relations between the worlds’ populations and the…

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…

Le stress, l'anxiété, la dépression, les troubles du sommeil et de l'alimentation ou l'épuisement professionnel ne sont que quelques-uns des problèmes…

Jimmy Lai, founder of the media group Next Digital, was sentenced to 14 months in prison on April 16 for organising unauthorized assemblies in late…

A Turkish court has released journalist Ahmet Altan after serving more than four years in prison on charges of involvement in the failed 2016 coup…

Freelance journalist Vladislav Yesypenko has told a court he was tortured and forced to confess after he was arrested in March by Federal Security…

Police today stormed the headquarters of the national Tunisian news agency TAP in a bid to quell protests by journalists over the appointment of a new…

Belarussian authorities have banned pan-European news media Euronews from broadcasting in the country, alleging it violated legislation by running…

Giorgos Karaivaz, a veteran Greek television journalist who specialised in reporting on crime was shot dead on April 9 near his home in Athens. The…