News and Press Releases

The rapid and wide spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus and the COVID-19 disease that it causes require an urgent global response to protect health and…

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and the Palestinian Journalist Syndicate strongly condemn this deliberate act of violence against…

Management of the Public Radio and Television of Montenegro (RTCG) have launched disciplinary proceedings against its editor Zoran Lekovic and…

The number of citizen journalists to disappear in China in the last month after reporting on covid-19 has risen to at least three, with reports that…

On 6 March, Gennaro Del Giudice was threatened by the Camorra mafia while reporting on a shooting in Naples, Italy. The International and European…

Al-Sabah journalist Tawfik Al-Tamimi, was abducted on 9 March by unidentified gunmen on his way to Baghdad. The International Federation of Journalist…

A journalist from Frontier Myanmar and a news photographer from The Myanmar Times were detained, beaten and interrogated in the jungle of Kayin State,…

MIS A JOUR 29.05.2020 Le journaliste algérien Khaled Drareni a été arrêté le 7 mars alors qu'il couvrait une manifestation à Alger et demeure en…

BBC journalist Rana Rahimpour attended today on behalf of the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) the Human Rights Council in Geneva. During…

A jailed Chadian journalist is on hunger strike after claiming the authorities manipulated the charges against him. Martin Inoua Doulguet, who was…

Ajayababu Shiwakoti, the general secretary of the Nepal Press Union (NPU), received threats for his reporting on an alleged bribery scandal involving…

Gui Minhai, a Swedish citizen and journalist formerly based in Hong Kong was sentenced on February 24 to ten years in prison for allegedly “illegally…

La tarde del pasado martes, la locutora de radio Teresa Aracely Alcocer fue asesinada a balazos en la colonia El Barreal, Ciudad Juárez. Trabajaba…

Thailand’s government announced plans on February 17 to reform media coverage to allow only one single state-run media outlet to cover so-called…

Mohammad Sadli Saleh, the chief editor of Liputanpersada.com was arrested for publishing an article covering alleged corruption connected to road…

Freelance radio and TV journalist, Abduwali Ali Hassan (25), was shot to death by unknown gunmen on February 16. The International Federation of…