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Journalist Hisham Abdelaziz, who worked as a producer for Al Jazeera Media Network, was released on 1 May after being held for almost four years in…

On 20 April, prominent journalist Keyvan Samimi was arrested again in Tehran after being released three months ago. The arrest comes amid a continuing…

MIS A JOUR LE 25.04.23 Le 13 avril, le sénat algérien a adopté un nouveau projet de loi très contraignant pour les journalistes et menaçant la liberté…

Journalists Tawfiq Al-Mansoori, Abdul Khaleq Amran, Akram Al-Waleedi and Hareth Humaid, who had been sentenced to death for their journalistic work,…

Quelques semaines après l’interdiction aux journalistes de couvrir la première session du parlement le 13 mars, le Parlement a récidivé le 10 avril,…

Un certain nombre de médias marocains peinent à mettre en place la Convention collective relative à l'augmentation des salaires signée le 16 février…

Sixty-five Yemeni journalism students have completed a week of training on occupational safety in Taiz, Yemen, between 18 and 22 March.

Six months on from the start of mass protests following the death in custody of Mahsa Amini on 16 September 2022, 15 journalists are still being held…

MIS A JOUR LE 16.03.23 Le 13 mars, l’Assemblée des Représentants du Peuple (ARP) tunisienne a interdit aux médias et journalistes indépendants -…

On the eve of FIFA 73rd Congress in Rwanda, the undersigned Global Union Federations express serious concerns on the decent work legacy of the Qatar…

Thuraya Dammaj is a Yemeni journalist and the editor of the online media Yemen Future. She has been covering the bloody conflict in Yemen which…

We, the Council of Global Unions (CGU), on behalf of 200 million workers around the world, expresses its support and solidarity with the Tunisian…

The headquarters of our affiliate, the Yemeni Journalists’ Syndicate (YJS) in the Aden Governorate, were taken over by armed men on 28 February. The…

A framework agreement which will guarantee journalists’ professional, economic and social rights and safeguard press freedom was signed by the…

UPDATED 14.02.23 As the Islamic Republic of Iran celebrates the 44th anniversary of its proclamation on 11 February 2023, dozens of journalists are…

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) today published its full annual report on journalists and media staff killed in 2022. The 32nd…