News and Press Releases

Pakistan news outlets ARY News and AAJ News have reportedly terminated the jobs of 150 journalists, justifying the mass lay-offs as part of a…

El Nuevo Diario, el segundo periódico más importante de Nicaragua, anunció el viernes 27 de septiembre el fin de su publicación debido a las presiones…

Multiple media violations against journalists were recorded during the fourth round of Afghanistan’s presidential elections on Saturday, September 28.…

In advance of the International Day for Universal Access to Information (IDUAI) on 28 September, the IFJ has condemned the fact that 30 countries have…

Dandhy Dwi Laksono, a journalist filmmaker for WatchDoc, was arrested on September 26 and charged under Indonesia’s controversial Information and…

Abdul Hamid Hotaki, a political talk show host at Hewad independent public media group, was critically injured in an explosion near the campaign…

Online and broadcast journalists in the Philippines will have greater ability to protect their sources following an expansion of the country’s…

The Chinese government is about to launch a compulsory loyalty exam that all journalists in the nation have to take before applying or renewing their…

El 23 de septiembre el fotoperiodista Dieu-Nalio Chery recibió un tiro por parte del senador Jean Mary Ralph Féthière, quien realizó disparos cerca de…

The Global Times, a Chinese state-run media outlet published a report yesterday about a smear campaign against the IFJ’s Hong Kong affiliate, the Hong…

There is now clear evidence that hundreds of thousands of social media accounts are being used to spread disinformation about Hong Kong’s ongoing…

Authorities in Puntland, an autonomous region of Somalia, announced on 22 September that all the independent media houses and journalists operating in…

The Pakistan government has announced a plan to introduce media courts to regulate the press. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and…

Mary Ekere, a journalist with The Post Newspaper in Uyo city, Nigeria, was arrested on Monday, 16 September by the authorities for taking photos of a…

Journalists covering the demonstration in front of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) in Jakarta, on Friday, September 13, were harassed,…

A website was recently found to have purported to post personal information of journalists in Hong Kong. The International Federation of Journalists…