News and Press Releases

Eight media workers were roughed up, assaulted or detained by the police on 24 October in the Angolan capital Luanda while covering a demonstration…

Security forces attacked journalists and prevented them from covering protests in Sudan’s capital Khartoum on 21 October. The International Federation…

Pakistani authorities suspended satellite transmission of television channel News24HD from October 19 after it allegedly aired an opposition party…

Pakistani authorities suspended satellite transmission of television channel News24HD from October 19 after it allegedly aired an opposition party…

Planned changes to the way the US issue visas for journalists threaten to “seriously jeopardise the exercise of journalistic freedom” 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…

Mohammed Baayou, the head of Libya’s state-owned Media Corporation, was arrested on 20 October in Tripoli. The International Federation of Journalists…

Unidentified individuals attacked and torched the premises of Television Continental (TVC) and other media houses in Lagos on 21 October, resulting in…

An attempt by Thailand’s Digital Economy Ministry and the Royal Thai Police to retract the license of online broadcaster Voice TV has been rejected by…

The National Security Council (MKN) has issued a directive for all employees in both the public and private sectors to work from home effective…

State-owned Radio Pakistan announced on October 20 the sacking of 749 contractual employees effective immediately. The International Federation of…

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joined forces with the International Press Institute (IPI) to issue a joint call on the Indian…

The Jammu and Kashmir administration shut down the Srinagar office of Kashmir Times, one of the leading English-language dailies in the Kashmir…

On Sunday, 18 October, Kosovo journalist Shkumbin Kajtazi announced via a Facebook post that he had found his car damaged by several bullets that…

Foreign journalists travelling to the Netherlands will be exempt from a travel ban and be able to leave quarantine to carry out vital newsgathering…