News and Press Releases

In the early hours of Tuesday 14 April, the Turkish Parliament passed a law which will lead to the release of up to 90,000 prisoners. However, it…

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…

Governments and employers need to do more to protect jobs, wages and living standards amid the Covid-19 pandemic according to a new survey published…

Journalists in Ukraine are demanding action by government after a catastrophic fall in revenue has led to wage cuts, job losses and staff being forced…

Some European countries have decided to limit and control journalists' questions during government press conferences during the COVID-19 pandemic. The…

Serbian Prime Minister, Ana Brnabic, withdrew a planned decree that would have limited the publishing of information related to COVID-19 just to…

Italian journalists are on the front lines in the emergency that has hit the country. Federazione Nazionale Stampa Italiana (FSNI) is working to…

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) today joined other press freedom groups in calling on Europe’s top human rights and democracy…

The Hungarian Parliament passed a bill on 30 March allowing the government of Prime Minister Viktor Orbán to rule by decree without a set time limit.…

On March 25, 2020, at about 16:30, Siarhei Satsuk, member of the Belarusian Association of Journalists, journalist and editor-in-chief of the online…

Sixteen human rigths and professional organisations urged Turkish Government not to discriminate against political prisoners in its forthcoming early…

The president of Romania Klaus Werner Iohannis signed on 16 March an emergency decree which, among other measures, allows the National Authority for…

TV channel NewsOne journalist Tetiana Sivokon was physically attacked on 24 March by a shop owner while shooting a story about the sale of protective…

Today the IFJ joined a network of press freedom groups in calling on European leaders to protect free flow of information and ensure that media…

Trade Union of Croatian Journalists and Croatian Journalist’s Association regret that the measures proposed by the Government to mitigate the effects…

Carlo Verdelli, Chief Editor of “La Repubblica”, a left wing and well-respected Italian newspaper, has been put under police protection after…