News and Press Releases

Two Pakistani journalists were murdered by unidentified assailants on July 1 and 2, including prominent journalist Iftikhar Ahmed in the Khyber…

Nabiha al Haidari has been the target of very serious attacks and online harassment since the killing of her brother in mid-June. The International…

Raimundos Oki, chief editor of news portal Oekusipost.com, has been accused of breaching judicial secrecy following an investigative report concerning…

Radio broadcaster Federico ‘Ding’ Gempesaw was shot and killed in broad daylight in front of his home in Carmen, Cagayan de Oro City, Mindanao on June…

On Sunday, 26 June, Turkish police broke up the Istanbul Pride march, assaulting and detaining over 200 demonstrators and several journalists…

Journalists Navika Kumar and Saba Naqvi have been booked under sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) for hosting a talk show and sharing a satirical…

Following the United Kingdom’s decision to extradite Julian Assange to face trial in the United States, the International Federation of Journalists’…

At least 10 local and international news organisations have been barred from covering the inauguration of incoming Chief Secretary John Lee and other…

UK Home Secretary Priti Patel has accepted the US government’s request to extradite Wikileaks publisher Julian Assange in what the International and…

El amedrentamiento a la prensa con herramientas jurídicas es una estrategia de disuasión, desgaste y censura que utilizan tanto los estados como las…

UPDATED 16.06.22 Turkish police arrested 21 Kurdish journalists and media workers in a massive operation in the Kurdish-majority southeastern province…

En el Día Nacional de la Libertad de Prensa, los periodistas obtuvieron una victoria histórica contra el presidente brasileño Jair Bolsonaro. En…

UPDATE 18.06.22 British journalist Dom Phillips had been reported missing in a remote area of Brazil's Amazon region. The International Federation of…

The State Investigation Agency of Jammu and Kashmir’s (J&K) police questioned the interim editor of The Kashmir Walla, Yashraj Sharma, on June 2,…

A group of people forcibly entered the office of Maldivian news outlet Mihaaru and threatened journalists and media workers on May 29, accusing the…

IFJ delegates from the Asia Pacific region formed a new regional group, the Federation of Asia-Pacific Journalists (FAPaJ), on May 31, during the…