News and Press Releases

Julian Assange recognises the harmful impact that his case will have on media freedom the world over, and is grateful for the support that journalists…

UPDATED 02.08.23. Former Russian journalist Ivan Safronov who has been imprisoned for alleged "high treason" since 7th July 2020, was sentenced to a…

Daily press workers in many newsrooms are wearing black on Wednesdays to demand pay rises and improved working conditions, after more than a decade of…

The International and European Federations of Journalists (IFJ-EFJ) join its affiliate in Armenia, the Union of Armenian journalists (UAJ), in…

Following statements against the Italian Vice President of the Council of Ministers Matteo Salvini (far right), journalist Roberto Saviano saw the…

On 26 July, the Grodno Regional Court sentenced journalist Pavel Mazheyka to 6 years in a prison under the strict regime, reports the Belarusian…

Croatia’s draft media law poses a significant threat to free expression. If adopted, it would ban journalists from criticising actions by the…

The repression of journalism continues in Azerbaijan. Journalist Vugar Mammadov was sentenced to one month in prison on 24 July for simply doing his…

Police violence, restricted freedom of movement, repression of freedom of expression, over-regulation by the new state media agency... Azerbaijani…

RIA journalist Rostislav Zhuravlev was reportedly killed and three other journalists were injured during a Ukrainian attack in the Zaporizhzhia…

On 12 July, the International and the European Federations of Journalists (IFJ-EFJ) and the undersigned international media freedom organisations call…

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ)' Gender Council condemns the shameful attack on investigative journalist Yelena Milashina, who was…

The results of the 2023 Media Pluralism Monitor (MPM), which have just been published, confirm the decline in media pluralism in Europe. Of the 32…

Spanish freelance reporter Pablo González, accused of spying for Russia, has been in pre-trial detention in Poland for more than 16 months without any…

Prominent investigative journalist Yelena Milashina has been badly beaten and had fingers broken by masked men as she travelled to a court in Grozny,…

Russian investigative journalist Yuri Shchekochikhin, deputy editor of the independent newspaper Novaya Gazeta, died suddenly on 3 July 2003 with what…