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Argentina: un video reveló que un ex ministro impulsaba causas judiciales para dañar a las organizaciones sindicales

La filmación, tomada en 2017, muestra una reunión entre el ex ministro de Trabajo de la Provincia de Buenos Aires, Marcelo Villegas, y un grupo de…

Assange can be extradited to the US, London court rules

Wikileaks founder and investigative journalist Julian Assange could be extradited to the United States following a ruling by the United Kingdom’s High…

China: Businessman and journalist Fang Bin remains in detention

Chinese businessman Fang Bin, who reported on the Covid-19 pandemic from the front line in China, was reportedly being detained pending trial. The…

Argentina: Organizaciones inician una campaña por la libertad de Julian Assange

Durante la jornada de ayer, la Federación Argentina de Trabajadorxs de Prensa (FATPREN) y el Sindicato de Prensa de Buenos Aires (SiPreBA) lanzaron…

Mexico: prosecutors arrested a man linked to the illegal espionage with Pegasus spyware

The investigation on the use of NSO Group’s software to spy on journalists and human rights defenders took a big step forward after identifying Juan…

El Salvador: En pocos días se registraron varias agresiones a periodistas por parte de funcionarios de gobierno

En los últimos días se recrudeció la hostilidad del gobierno hacia trabajadorxs de prensa y contra la Asociación de Periodistas de El Salvador (APES),…

#Pegasus: la aparición de periodistas en las listas de personas espiadas presenta nuevos desafíos para la profesión

Tras la publicación del informe #PegasusProject, quedó evidenciado que lxs trabajadorxs de prensa están en riesgo de ser víctimas de espionaje ya que…

México: la violencia y la impunidad quedan nuevamente al descubierto en los casos de Lydia Cacho y Erick Manzanilla Gómez

La periodista y defensora de los derechos humanos Lydia Cacho fue víctima de torturas en 2005 luego de exponer a una red de prostitución y pornografía…

Surveillance of journalists - IFJ Expert Group statement

At the heart of much important journalism is the ability to guarantee sources that they may share information in confidence. It is by this means that…

México: un periodista asesinado figura entre los espiados por el programa Pegasus

Entre los 180 trabajadorxs de prensa de todo el mundo espiados con el software israelí se encuentra Cecilio Pineda, periodista freelance que fue…

Indonesia: Global media organisations condemn government internet regulation

Global media organisations sent a joint letter to Indonesia’s minister of Communication and Information Technology urging him to repeal Ministerial…

USA: Trump’s administration secretly seized phone records from New York Times journalists

The New York Times reported that the Justice Department under President Donald Trump secretly obtained the phone records of four of their journalists…

UK: Journalists welcome ECHR ruling that UK’s mass interception regime violated human rights

IFJ leaders from across the world hailed the recent decision of the European Court of Human Rights that the UK Government violated media freedom and…

Hong Kong: Former lawmaker denied bail for talking to foreign journalists

Claudia Mo, a former pro-democracy lawmaker, has been denied bail after the Hong Kong High Court cited Mo’s interviews and texts with reporters from…

Palestine: Digital rights massively violated since May 6

Palestinian journalists have faced arbitrary censorship, a wave of hate speech and threats of violence online over the past three weeks according to a…

Global: IFJ to launch report on China – The Covid-19 Story: Unmasking China’s Global Strategy – on May 12

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) will launch a new report on China’s international media influence strategy, titled The Covid-19…

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