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Myanmar: Additional charges levelled against jailed American journalist

After awaiting trial for over four months in Yangon’s Insein prison on charges of sedition American journalist Danny Fenster was charged with a…

Afghanistan: Report reveals dire economic and safety situation for Afghan media workers

Research by the Afghanistan National Journalists Union (ANJU) sheds light on the grave situation facing journalists and media workers since the…

Argentina: se lanzó una campaña internacional para exigir justicia por el periodista Sebastián Moro

A casi dos años de la muerte del comunicador, su familia junto a organizaciones de derechos humanos lanzaron hoy una campaña internacional en reclamo…

South Korea: Parliament shelves controversial press law amid backlash

South Korea’s National Assembly, in which the ruling Democratic Party holds a majority, has backed down on the amendment bill of the Press Arbitration…

Pakistan: World’s press, book publishers and journalists condemn Pakistan plan for strict control over media  

The World Association of News Publishers (WAN-IFRA), the International Publishers Association (IPA), and the International Federation of Journalists…

NUJ and IFJ call for urgent action by UK government to secure safe passage for under-threat former BBC journalists in Afghanistan

Over seven weeks since the capture of Kabul by the Taliban, and the subsequent evacuation of western troops from the city, many journalists with close…

Singapore: Controversial foreign interference bill passed

The so-called Foreign Interference Countermeasures Act (FICA) has been passed by Singapore’s parliament on October 4, with the new legislation…

Afghanistan: Journalist Sayed Maroof Sadat gunned down

Prominent Afghan journalist and author Sayed Maroof Sadat, a former government spokesperson and an affiliate of radio ‘Sub Bakhair and Sham Bakhai’,…

Cambodia: Journalist jailed for one year over disinformation charge

Youn Chhiv, journalist and owner of website Koh Kong Hot News, was sentenced to a years imprisonment on September 30 for incitement under Cambodia’s…

Editorial: Afghanistan must not become the new Yemen

Since 12 August, the International Federation of Journalists, many of its affiliates and other international organisations, have received thousands of…

España: Amenaza de prisión por fotografiar una acción policial

El fotoperiodista Albert Garcia fue detenido el 18 de octubre de 2019 en la plaza Urquinaona mientras cubría para El País la manifestación a raíz de…

Opinion: What future awaits journalists in Afghanistan? The IFJ calls on the United Nations to take a stand

Changing everything to change nothing. This could be the name of the cynical communication strategy of the new Taliban government in Afghanistan.

Yemen: Security forces arrest a journalist and close two radio stations in Aden

Radio stations Adeniya FM and Bandar Aden were suspended after police raided their headquarters in Mansourah, Aden governorate, on 27 September.…

Zimbabwe: At least nine journalists detained for two hours for covering a public demonstration

On 30 September, the Zimbabwean police arrested and held for two hours nine journalists covering a public demonstration in Harare. The International…

Brussels Declaration: Public media and international organisations to call for journalist safety and media freedom

Public service media companies and international organisations have signed the Brussels Declaration on September 30, 2021, a statement for journalist…

Egypt: Detained journalist on hunger strike must be released immediately 

Journalist Abdel Nasser Salama, who was arrested at his home in July 2021 and is being held on unfounded terrorism charges, started a hunger strike on…

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