News and Press Releases

Lawyers for the US government wrangled for days to prevent Julian Assange's extradition proceedings hearing Khaled El-Masri’s evidence. When…

Police detained four journalists in eastern Turkey on 6 October and raided their homes and offices following their reporting on allegations of Turkish…

Pakistani journalist Abid Hussain Abidi, affiliated with local newspaper Jurm-o- Saza, was shot dead in Mandi Bahaudin in the Malikwal district on…

UNESCO is partnering with the Federation of African Journalists (FAJ), the IFJ branch in Africa, and the Media stakeholders across the continent, in…

A coalition of global unions, representing nearly 21 million workers worldwide, is launching a campaign today to save print journalism. UNI Global…

“If you criminalise news gathering, you are criminalising journalism. It is a moral duty for journalists to protect sources. Many have gone to jail to…

The Somali government has passed an amend of Somalia's Media Law that fails to comply with international standards on press freedom and freedom of…

The University of Hong Kong’s (HKU) governing body voted on July 28 to fire longtime associate law professor and pro-democracy leader, Benny Tai. The…

China’s sophisticated and systematic strategy to embed itself in the global news landscape and build its discourse power beyond borders is one of the…

UPDATED 24 JULY Independent news website Index.hu has told its readers that the site’s staff and the whole newsroom were in danger due to “external…

IFJ affiliates around the world have taken key actions in support of media workers amid the Covid-19 pandemic.

Security officials barred private media journalists from covering an official event held in Chinhoyi city on 12 June that the president Emmerson…

The Federation of African Journalists (FAJ), the Pan–African Organisation of the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has launched today a…

Emily Maitlis was replaced as host of the BBC's Newsnight programme after bosses reprimanded her over her introduction to the previous night's show in…

The Australian federal government’s communications minister Paul Fletcher requested ABC employees to go without a pay rise for the next six months.…

L'éditeur Ringier Axel-Springer suisse SA (RASCH) a annoncé le 19 mai le licenciement de huit personnes au sein du magazine L’Illustré, dont quatre…