News and Press Releases

Three Iranian journalists were sentenced to heavy jail terms by the Tehran Revolutionary court in August. The International Federation of Journalists...

At least seven journalists were taken in custody on Tuesday 20 August after reporting on protests taking place in three southeast Turkish cities,...

Tanzanian journalist Joseph Gandye was arrested on Thursday 22nd August for allegedly “publishing false information” and released two days later. The...

Zimbabwean journalist Leopold Munhende was arrested and detained by the police in Zimbabwe in the capital Harare on 23 August while performing his...

As protests broke out across Hong Kong again over the weekend, journalists and media workers were targeted and harassed. The International Federation...

Following the government-led internet shutdown in Indonesia’s eastern provinces of Papua and West Papua a journalist has been doxxed and harassed...

Leaders of the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) met yesterday the President of Somalia, Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed Farmaajo, at Villa...

Following riots and demonstrations in Papua and West Papua, the internet has been blocked in Indonesia’s eastern most provinces since Wednesday,...

On 10th August Yemeni separatists from the Southern Transitional Council took control of the city port of Aden, Yemen, after days of fighting with the...

The IFJ has called on the Modi government and authorities in Kashmir to lift the information siege imposed on the region as journalists continue to...

The Lebanese Journalists Syndicate (LJS) organised a sit-in in Beirut yesterday in solidarity with journalists and media workers to protest against...

Since June 2019, protests have taken over the streets of Hong Kong on a weekly basis. As journalists and media workers attempt to cover these...

Bulgaria will elect a new Prosecutor General this autumn and a series of statements made by public officials against the press have raised...

Guardian journalist Owen Jones has been physically assaulted in London while celebrating his 35th birthday with friends in the early hours of Saturday...

The Kashmir Valley’s connection with the inside and the outside world has been cut — all internet connectivity, cellular, landline, and cable TV...

Global Times’ journalist Fu Guohao was attacked during protests at Hong Kong International Airport on August 13. The International Federation...