News and Press Releases

Global call: Israel must commit to protecting journalists

More than 80 journalists associations and unions from all over the world today call for the Israeli government to take explicit steps to protect the…

Palestine: Israel announces that it cannot guarantee the safety of journalists in the Gaza Strip, in contravention of international law

In a statement sent to Reuters and AFP, the Israeli’s military announced that it could not guarantee the safety of journalists in Gaza. The IFJ joins…

Palestine: IFJ responds to accusations that Israel is targeting journalists in Gaza

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) is deeply alarmed at reports from Gaza that Israeli forces are targeting journalists.

Palestine: Shireen Abu Akleh shrine desecrated in the West Bank

The site of Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh’s killing in Jenin has been bulldozed and her shrine desecrated, in an unexplained…

Palestine: Al Jazeera reporter’s family killed in rocket attack in Gaza

The family of Wael al-Dahdouh, Al Jazeera’s bureau chief in Gaza, was killed on 24 October in an Israeli airstrike on the Nuseriat camp, in the centre…

Israel: UN concludes that IDF "intentionally or recklessly" killed Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Akleh

Israeli soldiers took Shireen Abu Akleh’s life without cause, according to a report published by the United Nations on 16 October 2023. The…

Iran: Two Iranian journalists sentenced to jail after covering Mahsa Amini’s death

Iran's revolutionary court announced on 22 October its preliminary ruling in the case of Niloofar Hamedi and Elahe Mohammadi, two women journalists…

Israel: Government to shut down critical media alleged to ‘undermine national security’

The Israeli government has approved on 20 October a new regulation that will allow for the temporary shut down of news channels which ‘damage national…

Palestine: the IFJ calls on journalists to respect the professional principles of the Global Ethics Charter

Unverified information, unsourced videos and images from social networks: the war between Hamas and Israel is also a war of communication. The IFJ,…

Gaza: Safety Advisory for journalists covering the war

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliate the Palestinian Journalists Syndicate (PJS) have published a safety advisory for…

Lebanon: Israeli strike kills Reuters journalist and injures six others

Reuters video journalist Issam Abdallah was killed on 13 October by an Israeli strike in southern Lebanon, while providing video signal for…

Shuruq As’ad, Palestinian journalist and PJS representative: “We do not want to lose another journalist.”

Palestinian journalist and representative of the Palestinian Journalists’ Syndicate (PJS), Shuruq As’ad, based in the West Bank, tells the story of…

Gaza: IFJ calls on UNESCO to protect journalists

Since the outbreak of the armed conflict between Hamas and Israel, the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has been in constant dialogue …

Sami Abu Salem, Palestinian journalist: “There is no safe place in Gaza”

Palestinian journalist and IFJ Safety Trainer Sami Abu Salem shares the reality of journalists operating from Gaza: “We have no internet service,…

Israel: At least four journalists killed and one confirmed missing since Hamas attack

[UPDATED 23.10.2023] At least four Israeli journalists were killed on 7 October, during Hamas' attack on southern Israel. Among the hostages confirmed…

Access to information: Governments must respect the right to know, says IFJ

On the occasion of the International Day for Universal Access to Information, celebrated on 28 September, the IFJ calls on governments across the…

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