News and Press Releases

The Israeli military has intensified its targeted attacks against media offices in Gaza. On 13 May, Israeli forces bombed the Al-Shorouk Tower, which...

Media offices have been bombed and Palestinian and international journalists arrested, beaten and threatened by Israeli forces amid escalating...

Israeli police are assaulting, beating, and firing stun grenades at Palestinian media workers reporting on recent clashes between Palestinian...

El pasado 3 de Mayo, Día Mundial por la Libertad de Prensa, hallan asesinado al periodista Benjamín Morales Hernández, luego de que su familia...

Fadil Hammad, a reporter for state broadcaster Syria TV was arrested by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) on April 24 following his reporting on the...

Many IFJ affiliates took action to mark World Press Freedom Day on 3 May. Here is a non exhaustive list of their initiatives.

Houthi forces, the de facto government in Sana, sealed the offices of Yemen Digital Media, a private media services provider on 25 April, preventing...

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

Police today stormed the headquarters of the national Tunisian news agency TAP in a bid to quell protests by journalists over the appointment of a new...

Giorgos Karaivaz, a veteran Greek television journalist who specialised in reporting on crime was shot dead on April 9 near his home in Athens. The...

Betty Mutekhele Barasa, a senior video editor and television producer working for the Kenya Broadcasting Corporation (KBC), was assaulted and shot...

The Yemeni Journalists Syndicate has documented 24 violations of press freedom in the country between 1 January and 31 March 2021, ranging from...

In certain parts of the world, the pandemic has boosted the unionization wave in digital media but also among freelance journalists, who are...

The IFJ today backed calls by its UK affiliate, the NUJ, on government ministers and all politicians to stop traducing journalists and media outlets...

The Federation of African Journalists (FAJ), the Pan-African Organization of the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), has called on African...

The United Kingdom's government has published the country's first national action plan to protect journalists from abuse and harassment. The...