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 mentioned.
Read some of the news highlights from Friday 16th June to Friday 23th June:
1. Journalist federation condemns block of Palestinian news sites, Middle East Monitor
2. Al Jazeera’s Twitter account temporarily shut down in Qatar as part of 'organised campaign' against the network, by Jessica Goodfellow, The Drum News
3. IFJ- EFJ say concerned over arrested journalist’s health, urging medical care, Turkey Purge
4. IFJ: Saudi, UAE using journalists as political football, Al Jazeera
5. Censorship and chilling effect will not work, by Irfan Bukhari, The Peninsula Qatar
6. IFJ hits out at attempts by Gulf states to 'force the closure of Al Jazeera', by Gursimran Hans, Press Gazette
7. French journalist Stephan Villeneuve and Kurdish journalist Bakhtiar Haddad died in an explosion in Mosul, by Ana Gavranić, translation: Matea Matić, Fair Press
10. Ocho periodistas de Ipiales recibieron la acreditación más importante en el ámbito mundial, HSB Noticias
11. Periodistas piden protección en coberturas a conflicto filipino, Prensa Latina
12. IFJ: Demand of Closure of Al-Jazeera is Restriction of Freedom of Speech, Somali Update Online
13. World shocked at unrealistic demands, The Peninsula Qatar
14. Rights groups, Qataris react to Gulf embargo, ultimatum, Yeni Şafak
15. Le Qatar sommé de fermer Al-Jazeera pour montrer patte blanche, Kapitalis
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