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 11th to Friday 18th March:

1. Journalists, human rights defenders attacked in Russia

2. Israël veut "museler la presse palestinienne", dénonce la FIJ

3. FIP denuncia que Israel amordaza a la prensa palestina

4. Zaman Editor: “Turkey is hell for journalists”

5. EFJ, IFJ and AEJ alert Council of Europe on the threat to the Independence of the Romanian Public Broadcaster

6. Asociaciones Internacionales de Periodistas protestan al Consejo de Europa por los nombramientos en TVE Y TV3

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