News and Press Releases

On 2 October 2018, the Istanbul Court of appeal upheld aggravated life sentences of six suspects, including journalists, over terrorism charges. Nazlı...

The Press Trust of India (PTI), the largest news agency in India, laid off 297 staff across the country on September 29. The International Federation...

The IFJ and its affiliate, the National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ), have formally called on the UN Human Rights Council to take action to...

La Federación Internacional de Periodistas, organización que representa a más de a 600.000 trabajadores y trabajadoras en el mundo, reclama a las...

Journalist Nina Lakhani, a member of the National Union of Journalists (NUJ) in the UK, faces a campaign of intimidation following her coverage of a...

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and the International Labour Organisation (ILO) launched a joint project to boost and improve media...

Following the removal of the managing director of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), and allegations of attempts by the chairman of the...

El pasado 21 de septiembre, un periodista fue asesinado a balazos en el estado de Chiapas. El reportero habría denunciado amenazas con anterioridad....

Journalist Mohamed Ali Siad, deputy director of Radio Galkayo, was attacked by police officers on Sunday 23 September in the Somali city of Galkayo at...

Maldives Democratic Party (MDP) candidate Ibrahim Mohamed Solih has won the 2018 Maldives presidential election beating incumbent president Abdulla...

On May 9th, 2018, Najib Razak’s United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) Government was defeated in general elections that stunned the world. Today,...

Former newspaper columnist has been jailed for seven years in Myanmar over Facebook post criticizing the country’s leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi. The...

The draconian Digital Security Bill 2018 has passed the Bangladesh Parliament with provisions curtailing the freedom of expression and independent...