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Ukraine: “It happened more than once that you no longer ask questions, you just listen,” Ukrainian journalist Hanna Chernenko

Hanna Chernenko is a Kharkiv-based journalist and a member of the National Union of Journalists of Ukraine (NUJU). She comes from the Luhansk region…

Statement by the Partner Organisations to the Safety of Journalists Platform on the one-year anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

Today, one year after the Russian Federation launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the Partner Organisations to the Safety of Journalists’…

Independent Russian journalists fear “anything can happen”

As the conflict in Ukraine enters its second year, Russian journalists critical of the Kremlin know that anything can happen to them. 

UK: IFJ and NUJ call for swift action to protect UK-based journalists threatened by Iranian regime

London-based Persian-language broadcaster, Iran International announced on 18 February plans to move its operations to the United States, after…

IFJ suspends Russian union

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) today suspended the Russian Union of Journalists (RUJ) from membership following a vote of the…

Turkey: "Journalists reporting from earthquake- affected areas face safety, hygiene and health problems"

Two weeks after the terrible earthquake that shook Northern Syria and Eastern Turkey, Kenan Şener, Secretary General of the Ankara Journalists…

France: Support for weekly Le Poher, targeted by new death threats and a bomb scare

French weekly Le Poher had to evacuate its office on 20 February 2023 after an anonymous caller said a bomb had been placed in the office in Carhaix,…

France : L'agresseur d'une journaliste de France Télévisions condamné à une peine de prison

Le 17 janvier dernier, le tribunal correctionnel de Béthune a condamné à 5 mois de prison avec sursis un homme qui avait harcelé en ligne, puis menacé…

Ukraine: "The preservation of local media is essential to support Ukrainian democracy"

Ahead of the one-year anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine on 24 February, Sergiy Tomilenko, president of the National Union of Journalists…

Russia : journalist sentenced to six years in prison for Telegram post

Russian journalist Maria Ponomarenko has been jailed for six years for posting on Telegram about a deadly attack by Russian warplanes on a theatre in…

Ukraine: "In Kosovo, we have also experienced the difficulty of becoming a refugee"

Ahead of the one-year anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine on February 24, Xhemajl Rexha, president of the Association of Journalists of…

Ukraine: "We will continue to stand with our affiliates until they can work with peace and justice"

Ahead of the one-year anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine on February 24, IFJ Deputy General Secretary Jeremy Dear, who is co-ordinating…

Germany: massive cuts plan endangering 700 jobs at RTL Group

The German media group RTL, part of Bertelsmann, announced on 7 February 2023 its decision to stop the publication of 23 print magazines and to…

IFJ publishes 32nd annual report on journalists and media staff killed in 2022

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) today published its full annual report on journalists and media staff killed in 2022. The 32nd…

Russia: Journalist Alexander Nevzorov sentenced to 8 years for comments on war

A Russian court on 1st February has sentenced in absentia veteran journalist Alexander Nevzorov to eight years in prison for spreading so-called…

Rewriting the story: Students highlight gendered portrayal of politicians

On the 25, 26, 27 January, University of Padova students presented their final projects as part of the EU-Funded project “ Rewriting the Story: Media,…

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