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 29th July to Friday 5th August:

1. Journalists Flee Turkey as Government Purge Targets Media 

2. Turkey's president Erdogan orders closure of 131 media organisations as crackdown intensifies

3. Reform Project praised by Arab lawyers 

4. Campaign calls for solidarity with Turkish journalists to help stop country's ongoing media crackdown

5. Palestinian Journalists Commemorate 2nd anniversary of killed 17 colleagues 

6. Palestine Launches Campaign to Support Freedom of Press 

7. Our View: Turkey's attack on the media wrong 

8. Palestine Launches Campaign to Support Freedom of Press 

9. Icebreaker: Palestine Becomes First Arab State to Ink Media Freedom Declaration 

10. PA Media Expert: Abbas’ Declaration of ‘Freedom of Opinion, Speech Day in Palestine’ a Case of ‘Turning Truth Upside Down’ 

11. Sierra Leone News: Journalists Train on New Land Policy 

12. IFJ denuncia "jogos políticos" de Temer para desmantelar EBC após Rio 2016 

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