News and Press Releases

Abu Tayyab, a senior television journalist, was arrested by police on April 20 under the controversial Digital Security Act (DSA) for writing social…

Bao Choy Yuk Ling, a freelance producer with Radio Television Hong Kong (RTHK), was convicted on April 22 of “making false statements” to obtain…

Erkin Tursun, a Uyghur TV producer who has been detained in China’s Xinjiang region since 2018, appeared in a video in which he acknowledges…

UPDATE: On Sunday April 26 2021, Amir Abbas Dehbashi-Nejad was released from the Bushehr prison in Iran. The judicial order for Dehbashi-Nejad’s…

Stress, anxiety, depression, sleep and eating disorders or burnout are just some of the mental health problems that many journalists covering the…

The Myanmar military detained Japanese freelance journalist, Yuki Kitazumi in Yangon on April 18 for allegedly disseminating ‘fake news’. The…

Four men broke into a printing company associated with the Hong Kong edition of The Epoch Times on April 12 and vandalized equipment. The…

An ambassador for China in Australia presented journalists with propaganda videos and pressured the media on its reporting during a press conference…

Jimmy Lai, founder of the media group Next Digital, was sentenced to 14 months in prison on April 16 for organising unauthorized assemblies in late…

A Turkish court has released journalist Ahmet Altan after serving more than four years in prison on charges of involvement in the failed 2016 coup…

IFJ in the news

Every week the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) is compiling a list of the top news articles from across the world in which it is…

The Chinese Embassy in Sweden has reportedly threatened a Swedish freelance journalist, Jojje Olsson, over an article Chinese authorities deemed…

The National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) and the International Organisation of Migration (IOM) have worked collaboratively to launch on the…

The International Federation of Journalists made its submission to a public hearing examining the deteriorating situation in Myanmar. The IFJ and its…

Italy’s Justice Minister announced the launch of an investigation into Sicilian prosecutors' wiretapping of at least 15 journalists reporting on…

Belarussian authorities have banned pan-European news media Euronews from broadcasting in the country, alleging it violated legislation by running…