News and Press Releases

Since the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan, the IFJ has received thousands of requests for assistance from journalists and media workers on the…

Journalist Mohiuddin Sarkar Nayem was allegedly shot dead by drug dealers near the border with India in Cumilla city on 13 April. The International…

The Yemeni Journalists Syndicate (YJS) has documented 20 violations of press freedom in the country between 1 January and 31 March 2022, ranging from…

Phan Bui Bao Thy was sentenced on April 7 by the People’s Court of Quảng Trị to one year of mandatory ‘re-education’ classes for alleged defamation.…

Le 11 avril, Allan Au, journaliste et professeur à l’université, a été arrêté par la police chargée de la sécurité nationale de Hong Kong en vertu de…

Kashmiri Journalist Aasif Sultan, who was granted bail on April 5 after spending almost four years in prison under India’s ‘anti-terror’ act, has been…

Vietnamese journalist Nguyen Hoai Nam was sentenced to three years and six months in prison by The People's Court of Ho Chi Minh City on April 5 for a…

Uttar Pradesh police have arrested three journalists in the state’s Baila district after they broke the news about a school exam question leak. The…

Reporter Loknath Dalei was allegedly assaulted and mistreated by police officers from Nilagiri police station on April 6, for his prior reporting on…

The Islamabad High Court (IHC) has rescinded the Pakistan Electronic Crimes Act (PECA) Amendment Ordinance, which included new regulations to…

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…

On April 5, Win Naing Oo, a reporter for Myanmar news outlet Channel Mandalay, was sentenced to five years in prison for alleged incitement under…

Six activists, including journalist Siew Yun-long and former union leader Leo Tang, were arrested on suspicion of sedition by Hong Kong police on…

Two Indian journalists have died in a car accident in the Bongaigaon district of Assam on April 5. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ)…

Global greenhouse gas emissions need to peak before 2025 and transition policies that are proving effective must be boosted to achieve this goal, a…

The recent decision of the Taliban regime to block the broadcast of international media has been a major blow for press freedom and public access to…