News and Press Releases

We, Global Unions representing hundreds of millions of workers around the world across most sectors, call for the United Nations (UN), its member…

Several journalists have been directly targeted by Israeli snipers as they were reporting on Israel's large-scale military operation in Jenin,…

There were 44 cases of media and journalists’ rights violations during the first half of 2023 in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, according to a report…

A combination of unconstitutional legislation signed by the Tunisian President and administrative orders pushed by the Speaker of the Parliament and…

Le 20 juin, le journaliste Ziad El-Heni, cofondateur du Syndicat national des journalistes tunisiens (SNJT), a été détenu pendant 48 heures par les…

On 19 June, journalist Hazem Nasser, cameraman for Al-Ghad TV channel, was shot at and wounded, despite wearing a vest labelled ‘press’, during a raid…

On 5 June, Yemeni journalist Fahd Al Arhabi was arrested and jailed by the Houthi security services in Amran city, in western central Yemen. The…

In a seminar held on 13 June, the Syrian Journalists’ Union (SJU) highlighted 68 violations of media and journalists’ rights documented in their…

Après 3 mois de formation en ligne sur la sécurité des journalistes, un atelier s'est tenu du 5 au 10 juin à Tunis pour clôturer la formation de 9…

Since early June, at least five arrest warrants have been issued against journalists for investigating alleged corruption in the judiciary of Marib, a…

The Palestinian Journalists’ Syndicate (PJS) organised its congress on 23 May simultaneously in Ramallah, the West Bank and Gaza city. The…

Dans une déclaration publiée le 7 juin, le Syndicat national des journalistes tunisiens (SNJT) a appelé le Président tunisien Kaïs Saïed à relancer le…

The Palestinian government is discussing a draft law on the right to access information that will expand its control over the media by appointing a…

Le 24 mai, le directeur et fondateur de la radio Mosaïque FM, Nourredine Boutar, a été libéré sous caution après 3 mois de détention. La Fédération…

Niloofar Hamedi and Elahe Mohammadi, two women journalists who reported about Mahsa Amini’s death and have been in jail since September 2022, will…

IFJ President, Dominique Pradalié, is in Ramallah, Palestine, on 23 May at the congress of the Palestinian Journalists Syndicate (PJS) and pays…