News and Press Releases

Almost one-third (29 per cent) of the NUJ members surveyed during February’s LGBT+ History month and in the run up to the TUC’s LGBT+ conference said…

Vincent Muscat, one of the three presumed murderers of Maltese journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, has been sentenced to 15 years in jail after…

Journalists and media unions in Australia, the US, Canada and the UK have issued the following joint call for governments to take "bolder steps" to…

A new wave of unionising is sweeping US newsrooms as workers in local and digital media join forces to protect their rights at work.

Freelance journalist Ahmed Botan Arab was arrested on February 21 in Bossasso, in the northeast region of Puntland, accused of “spreading…

Le journaliste algérien Khaled Drareni, condamné par la Cour d'Appel d'Alger le 15 septembre dernier à deux ans de prison ferme pour avoir couvert les…

IFJ in the news

Every week the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) is compiling a list of the top news articles from across the world in which it is…

Du 19 janvier au 11 février 2021, la Fédération internationale des journalistes (FIJ) a organisé une formation en ligne sur la sécurité…

Catarina Andreeva and Darja Chulcova, two journalists for Belsat, the Polish satellite television station aimed at Belarus, have each been sentenced…

The Federation of African Journalists (FAJ), the pan-African organisation of the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), notes with serious…

A clampdown on communications in Myanmar has seen at least five journalists arrested and official warnings sent to media threatening harsh jail…

The International and European Federations of Journalists (IFJ/EFJ) demand Belarusian authorities to stop immediately the persecution of journalists…

The Turkish Association of Journalists (GCD) published today its Annual Media Monitoring Report documenting the state of press freedom in Turkey for…

Four media workers’ unions in Japan have demanded gender equality in Japan’s media and call for stronger female representation in the industry, which…

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) supports the petition of its affiliates in Brazil, Peru and Uruguay for media workers to be…

Freelance producer Adel Al-Hasani has been held for more than six months after being arrested by Yemeni armed forces over his alleged support for both…