News and Press Releases

UK: IFJ backs strike, after Reach talks end without settlement

1000 journalists are set to strike after two days of negotiations between IFJ-EFJ affiliate, the National Union of Journalists (NUJ) and Reach, the…

Poland: Spanish journalist held in pre-trial detention for six months despite “lack of evidence”

UPDATE 30.08.2022. A Polish court extended the pre-trial detention of Spanish journalist Pablo González for the second time on August 23, meaning he…

UK: IFJ backs strike threat amid cost-of-living crisis

Hundreds of journalists at the UK’s largest national and regional news publisher are to strike for four days to demand a fair pay increase after…

Afghanistan: "We have already spent more than we raised and the need is still immense", says IFJ Deputy General Secretary Jeremy Dear

Ahead of the anniversary of Taliban's takeover of Kabul, Afghanistan's capital on August 15, IFJ Deputy General Secretary Jeremy Dear, who has been…

Afghanistan: "JUADN is very sensitive to issues of refugees and journalists under threat"

Maria Antoniadou is the President of JUADN, one of IFJ's Greek affiliates. The union has a long tradition of helping journalists in need coming from…

Russia: Journalist Marina Ovsiannikova faces criminal charges

[UPDATE 04.10.2023] Russian journalist Marina Ovsiannikova was officially charged with “spreading false information” about the army on Wednesday 10…

Belarus: Repression continues on the second anniversary of the fraudulent elections

Following the fraudulent presidential election in Belarus on 9 August 2020, journalists have faced hundreds of arrests and detentions. The…

Russia: IFJ and EFJ condemn "stop list" banning European journalists

After a series of British journalists, Russia has banned, on Monday morning, the Danish public television correspondent in Moscow, Matilde Kimer. The…

Greece: Journalists covering protest attacked by Athens riot police

Officers of the primary riot police unit of the Hellenic Police (MAT) physically attacked and teargassed several journalists and covering a protest in…

Belarus: Journalist Katsiaryna Andreeva sentenced to 8 years for alleged treason

Belarusian journalist Katsiaryna Andreeva, a correspondent with the Poland-based independent broadcaster Belsat TV, has been sentenced on July 13 to…

Spain: Galicia International Press Centre opens in Santiago de Compostela

On 9, July 2022, the Santiago de Compostela’s Journalists Association (APSC) inaugurated the International Press Centre of Galicia in the regional…

Russia: IFJ and EFJ condemn suspension and demand for liquidation of independent Russian trade union JMWU

The International and European Federations of Journalists (IFJ-EFJ) have condemned moves by the Russian authorities to shut down the Journalists’ and…

Turkey: Police arrest AFP photographer amid mass detentions at Istanbul Pride March

On Sunday, 26 June, Turkish police broke up the Istanbul Pride march, assaulting and detaining over 200 demonstrators and several journalists…

UK: Home Office minister approves extradition of Assange to the US

UK Home Secretary Priti Patel has accepted the US government’s request to extradite Wikileaks publisher Julian Assange in what the International and…

Turkey: 21 Kurdish journalists arrested accused of “terrorist” activities

UPDATED 16.06.22 Turkish police arrested 21 Kurdish journalists and media workers in a massive operation in the Kurdish-majority southeastern province…

ILO adds safety and health as a fundamental principle and right at work

Delegates attending the International Labour Conference (ILC) adopted a resolution to add the principle of a safe and healthy working environment to…

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