News and Press Releases

Television talk show host, Hamid Mir, was taken off air on May 31 after he gave a speech critical of the Pakistani military at a rally protesting an…

Samoa’s prime minister-elect, Fiame Naomi Mata’afa, was locked out of parliament on May 24 after her opponent, Tuila’epa Sailele Malielegaoi claimed…

A landmark piece of legislation, the Sindh Protection of Journalists and Other Media Practitioners Bill 2021 was passed unanimously by the Sindh…

Desde principios del mes de mayo, y a pocos días de celebrarse la segunda vuelta electoral para la presidencia del Perú, lxs trabajadorxs de prensa se…

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…

Asad Ali Toor, an Aaj Television journalist and vlogger often critical of the Pakistani military, was attacked by unknown assailants in his apartment…

Israeli-Palestinian journalists have been attacked and harassed while covering demonstrations and clashes in Israel, according to a new report by the…

Updated 31 May. The head of the Palestinian Journalists Syndicate (PJS) has called on the United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC) to condemn attacks…

Depuis le début de la pandémie au Brésil, la FENAJ - la Fédération nationale des journalistes- a, avec tous les travailleurs brésiliens, suivi la…

The Islamic Republic of Iran has intensified judicial pressures and harassment of independent and critical journalists as the campaign for the…

The Federation of African Journalists (FAJ), the pan-African organization of the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), congratulates African…

On 23 May, the Belarusian authorities forced a civilian plane to perform an emergency landing in Minsk, Belarus' capital and arrested Belarussian…

The managing editor of Frontier Myanmar, Danny Fenster, has been detained by Myanmar’s military at Yangon Airport on May 24. The International…

Al Amin Hossain, the Meherpur district correspondent for Daily Business Bangladesh, was arrested under the Digital Security Act (DSA) for publishing a…

The harassment of journalists throughout this year, perpetrated by Malaysian authorities, has raised concern from Malaysia’s media advocacy…

Les syndicats français de journalistes, SNJ, SNJ-CGT, CFDT-Journalistes, soutenus par le SYNPICS sénégalais, tous membres de la FIJ, dénoncent les…