News and Press Releases

Afghanistan: Blocking access to international media major blow to access to information, union survey

The recent decision of the Taliban regime to block the broadcast of international media has been a major blow for press freedom and public access to…

Russia: Journalist Ivan Safronov on trial for "high treason" 

The trial behind closed doors of Russian journalist Ivan Safronov opened at a court in Moscow where he is accused of "high treason" for allegedly…

Perú: se registraron agresiones a ocho periodistas en jornada de paro nacional

Al menos ocho trabajadorxs de prensa fueron agredidos en las coberturas de la jornada nacional de protesta desarrollada el lunes 4 de abril, según los…

Ukraine: documentary film-maker Mantas Kvedaravicius killed in Mariupol

Lithuanian documentary film-maker Mantas Kvedaravicius was killed in Mariupol, Ukraine, by Russian forces on Saturday 2 April as he attempted to leave…

Ukraine: Ukrainian photojournalist Maks Levin found dead in Kyiv

Ukrainian photojournalist Maks Levin who went missing since 13 March while documenting the Russian invasion of Ukraine near the capital, Kyiv, has…

México: periodistas sufrieron amenazas mientras realizaban una cobertura con activistas de protección del medio ambiente

Un grupo armado amedrentó a periodistas del periódico El Universal y a activistas mientras documentaban la extracción de recursos naturales en el…

Pakistan: Senior Pakistani journalist attacked in Punjab

On March 27, journalist Zahid Sharif Rana was attacked by ten men in the Bakhar region of Pakistan’s Punjab province. The International Federation of…

Tunisia: Public media workers announce one-day strike over risk to media freedom and editorial independence

Tunisian public media workers will go on strike on April 2 in protest against shrinking press freedoms and attempts by President Kaïs Saied and his…

Afghanistan: Media crackdown intensifies as international broadcasters taken off air

At least four news broadcasters have been taken off air, eight media workers arrested, and two media houses shuttered by the Taliban since March 26,…

Bosnia and Herzegovina: BHRT public service media workers protest against organisation's "systematic destruction".

Workers of public service broadcaster BHRT in Bosnia and Herzegovina, staged a protest on 28 March against the organisation's "systematic destruction"…

Russia: Independent newspaper Novaya Gazeta suspends publication following 2nd warning from media watchdog

The editor of the Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta Dmitry Muratov, one of last year's Nobel Peace Prize winners, has announced that the newspaper's…

China: New research underlines Beijing’s attempts to sway international perception through media

New research by the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) reveals that Beijing had stepped up its efforts to influence international…

China: Australian journalist to face trial in Beijing

Australian journalist Cheng Lei will be tried in Beijing on March 31 after being detained for 19 months on national security charges. The…

Ukraine: "Our colleagues in Lviv did not expect such aid"

The Journalists' Union of the Athens Daily Newspapers (JUADN), in collaboration with the Unified Organisation of Journalists for Insurance and Health…

Myanmar: Myanmar junta jails three journalists in one week

Junta courts in Myanmar have sentenced three journalists, Hanthar Nyein, Than Htike Aung and Ye Yint Tun, to two years in prison each for allegedly…

Ukraine: Russia reporter Oksana Baulina killed by shelling in Kyiv

Oksana Baulina, a Russian journalist with the investigative media outlet The Insider, was killed when Russian troops shelled a residential…

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