News and Press Releases

IFJ affiliates around the world have taken key actions in support of media workers amid the Covid-19 pandemic.

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), representing over 600,000 journalists around the world, today joined calls by workers'…

"The impact of the health and economic crisis brought about by Covid-19 will without doubt have terrible consequences on both men and women…

Journalist Mohamed Mounir was detained on June 15 on charges of "spreading fake news", a widespread practice of the Egyptian government to silence…

Iranian journalists are calling on the Romanian authorities to take judicial action against judge Gholamreza Mansouri for human rights violations…

Plus de 1000 journalistes algériens n'ont pas reçu de salaire depuis un an. Le secteur de la presse en Algérie subit de plein fouet la crise…

The Kurdish Journalists Syndicate (KJS) has condemned abuses of media freedom by the government and local authorities in the midst of the COVID-19…

Unidentified gunmen assassinated photographer Nabil Hasan al-Qaiti on June 2, outside his home in a suburb of Aden city located in the south of…

The Palestinian Journalists Syndicate (PJS) has strongly criticized the firing of Associated Press (AP) photojournalist Iyad Hamad in what it…

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…

On 18 May, dozens of protesters stormed the premises of MBC broadcaster in Baghdad following its airing of a show critical of the Iraqi militia…

A l'occasion de la Journée mondiale de la liberté de la presse, la Fédération internationale des journalistes (FIJ), première organisation mondiale de…

Lina Attalah, Editor in Chief of the Egyptian investigative media outlet Mada Masr, was arrested on 17 May when she was interviewing a human rights…

Today is the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia (IDAHOBIT). The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins the…

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…

Yemeni journalist Assil Mustapha Swid was abducted at dawn on Friday 1 May as he was leaving his home in Taez heading to the city of Aden, according…