News and Press Releases

ILO adds safety and health as a fundamental principle and right at work

Delegates attending the International Labour Conference (ILC) adopted a resolution to add the principle of a safe and healthy working environment to…

31st World IFJ Congress kicks off on 31 May in Muscat, Oman

The 31st World Congress of the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) will take place from 31 May -3 June 2022 in Muscat, Oman. Over 250…

Trade Union movement demands justice following the killing of Palestinian reporter Shireen Abu Akleh

The trade union movement in the MENA region and around the world is saddened by the terrible loss of Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, who…

Egypt: Two women journalists targeted

Journalists Hala Fahmy and Safaa Al-Korbaji have been targeted by security services after launching a campaign against its interference in the work of…

Ukraine: the three solidarity centers for journalists are open

Solidarity centers just launched by the National Union of Journalists of Ukraine (NUJU), with the support of the International and European…

Afghanistan: Blocking access to international media major blow to access to information, union survey

The recent decision of the Taliban regime to block the broadcast of international media has been a major blow for press freedom and public access to…

Tunisia: Public media workers announce one-day strike over risk to media freedom and editorial independence

Tunisian public media workers will go on strike on April 2 in protest against shrinking press freedoms and attempts by President Kaïs Saied and his…

Bosnia and Herzegovina: BHRT public service media workers protest against organisation's "systematic destruction".

Workers of public service broadcaster BHRT in Bosnia and Herzegovina, staged a protest on 28 March against the organisation's "systematic destruction"…

Ukraine: "Our colleagues in Lviv did not expect such aid"

The Journalists' Union of the Athens Daily Newspapers (JUADN), in collaboration with the Unified Organisation of Journalists for Insurance and Health…

Ukraine: UNESCO implementing new emergency measures to protect journalists

Paris, 17 March 2022 – Today UNESCO announced new emergency measures to protect journalists in Ukraine, to help displaced Ukrainian journalist unions…

US: Union study reveals gender and race pay disparities in Tribune's syndicated newsrooms

On Wednesday 2 March, members of the Tribune Publishing Guilds released a study highlighting pay inequities based on race, gender and ethnicity in…

Journalists in Ukraine are under fire. They need your solidarity.

After more than a week of bombings, air strikes and gun battles, Russia’s war in Ukraine is intensifying.

Afghanistan: 87% of women journalists have suffered discrimination under Taliban rule

A survey by the Afghan National Journalists' Union (ANJU) has revealed a dramatic slump in the number of women journalists working and a huge rise in…

Ukraine: Cameraman Yevhenii Sakun killed in TV tower bombing

Journalist Yevhenii Sakun, 49, an EFE correspondent and camera operator for the Ukrainian television channel LIVE, was killed during the shelling of…

IFJ Safety trainings for Journalists in the Middle East and Arab World

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), in collaboration with its affiliates in the Arab World and the Middle East region, organised a…

IFJ Media Safety Advisory for Journalists Covering Armed Conflict in Ukraine

The International and European Federations of Journalists today expressed their grave concerns over the safety of journalists covering the war in…

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