Belarus: Government toughens laws against independent journalism and protesters

On 8 June, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko signed a new legislation which punishes with up to three year jail term those accused of…

Frontera colombo-ecuatoriana: nueva sentencia por el secuestro y asesinato de Javier Ortega Reyes, Paúl Rivas Bravo y Efraín Segarra Abril

El viernes 11 de junio, la justicia colombiana condenó a uno de los responsables del secuestro y asesinato del equipo periodístico de El Comercio,…

Argentina: se aprobó la Ley de Equidad de Género en los medios de comunicación

El viernes por la madrugada, la Cámara de Diputadxs sancionó la Ley de Equidad de Género en los medios de comunicación, que tiene como objetivo…

Colombia: crece el número de agresiones y detenciones a periodistas durante las movilizaciones por el Paro Nacional

En las últimas cinco semanas, durante las protestas sociales en Colombia se registraron numerosas agresiones por parte de las fuerzas de seguridad a…

Algeria: Two journalists arrested two days before the legislative elections

Late on 10 June, two journalists Khaled Drareni and Ihsan El Kadi were arrested by the authorities in Algeria along with opposition leader Karim…

IFJ in the news

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…

Burkina Faso: Omega Médias suspendus cinq jours

Le 8 juin, au lendemain de trois jours de deuil national suite à l’attaque de Solhan, le Conseil supérieur de la communication (CSC) a suspendu la…

Taiwan: Unions call for vaccination of media workers after journalist death

Unions urged the Central Epidemic Command Centre (CECC) to consider journalists as frontline workers and be given vaccinations after the death of Next…

Hong Kong: Human rights concerns remain after anniversary of menacing SIM card registration program

A year on from the introduction of legislation on the SIM Card Registration Programme (SCRP), human rights concerns still remain imminent. The…

Malaysia: Media vaccinations urged so journalists can carry out work safely

Malaysia’s national journalist union is urging media companies to put journalist safety as a priority as the country continues to face huge numbers of…

Bangladesh: Journalist attacked at a railway station protest

Shahadat Hossain, a journalist for the Bengali language daily newspaper, Prothom Alo, was attacked on June 1 while reporting on a protest in…

Perú: fuerzan la renuncia de periodistas que habían denunciado presiones durante la cobertura electoral

Más de diez trabajadorxs de prensa de América Televisión y Canal N se vieron forzadxs a renunciar tras negarse a ceder ante las presiones de la…

Indonesia: Global media organisations condemn government internet regulation

Global media organisations sent a joint letter to Indonesia’s minister of Communication and Information Technology urging him to repeal Ministerial…

India: Supreme Court quashes FIR against journalist

The Supreme Court on May 27 quashed the First Information Report (FIR) against senior journalist, Vinod Dua, that accused him of spreading false…

African journalists call for binding framework on media freedom and quality journalism

African journalists’ leaders have called on the African Union and national governments to institute a comprehensive framework for media freedom and…

Yemen: STC military takes over control of Saba News Agency

The Southern Transitional Council, an organisation that claims to rule most of the territory in southern Yemen, took over the control of Saba News…

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