News and Press Releases

Nigeria: Missing journalist found dead

A journalist’s dead body was found on 12 November, a month after he went missing in Abuja, the capital city of Nigeria. The International Federation…

Afghanistan: Former Ariana television journalist killed in explosion

Hamid Saighani, a prominent journalist for Ariana television network, was killed in a bomb blast on a minibus in western Kabul on November 13. The…

Colombia: Protected journalist under surveillance without her consent

Colombia’s National Protection Unit (UNP) has been accused of unlawfully collecting highly sensitive data about the movements of Claudia Julieta…

Afghanistan: Taliban attacks journalists reporting women’s protest

On October 21, Taliban militants attacked several journalists covering a protest rally organized by a group of women demanding “work, bread, and…

Global Conference on Improving the Protection, Security, Integration and Mental Health of Refugee Journalists

UNESCO and the International Federation of Journalists cordially invite you to participate in the Global Conference on Improving the Protection,…

NUJ and IFJ call for urgent action by UK government to secure safe passage for under-threat former BBC journalists in Afghanistan

Over seven weeks since the capture of Kabul by the Taliban, and the subsequent evacuation of western troops from the city, many journalists with close…

Afghanistan: Journalist Sayed Maroof Sadat gunned down

Prominent Afghan journalist and author Sayed Maroof Sadat, a former government spokesperson and an affiliate of radio ‘Sub Bakhair and Sham Bakhai’,…

España: Amenaza de prisión por fotografiar una acción policial

El fotoperiodista Albert Garcia fue detenido el 18 de octubre de 2019 en la plaza Urquinaona mientras cubría para El País la manifestación a raíz de…

Yemen: Security forces arrest a journalist and close two radio stations in Aden

Radio stations Adeniya FM and Bandar Aden were suspended after police raided their headquarters in Mansourah, Aden governorate, on 27 September.…

Afghanistan: "Every minute I fear they will try to find and kill me"

Hundreds of journalists working in Afghanistan have fled or gone into hiding in recent weeks following the seizure of power by the Taliban. The leader…

US: CIA reportedly plotted to kidnap and assassinate Julian Assange

CIA officials under the Trump administration plotted to kidnap and assassinate journalist and Wikileaks founder Julian Assange when he was hiding at…

France: Journalist interrogated for two hours by police 

Police summoned Le Média journalist Thomas Dietrich to Puteaux police station (Paris), where he was interrogated for two hours over a recent…

South Sudan: Western diplomatic missions and press freedom groups raise alarm over media clampdown

Several countries and press freedom groups have warned of human rights violations in South Sudan, including the harassment of journalists and media…

Afghanistan: Media groups call on governments to take immediate action

A group of media support organisations, including the IFJ, has called on the Media Freedom Coalition (MFC) of governments to commit and take immediate…

Afghanistán: la FIP lanza una campaña de solidaridad internacional ante la violencia Taliban contra periodistas

La Federación Internacional de Periodistas (FIP) ha lanzado una campaña de solidaridad internacional para lxs periodistas afganxs a medida que crece…

Afghanistán: los gobiernos deben ayudar a los defensores y defensoras de los derechos humanos

Luego de una semana de triunfos constantes de los combatientes Taliban, que ganaron una docena de ciudades a lo largo de Afghanistán en una ofensiva…

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