Hong Kong: Authorities signal legislation to ban “fake news”

Hong Kong’s Chief Executive, Carrie Lam, said during a news conference on May 4 that the government was considering introducing legislation to combat...

México: Hallan asesinado a periodista en Sonora

El pasado 3 de Mayo, Día Mundial por la Libertad de Prensa, hallan asesinado al periodista Benjamín Morales Hernández, luego de que su familia...

Hong Kong: New polling shows press freedom dropping to record low

The level of media freedom in Hong Kong for media workers has plunged to a record low after the imposition of the national security law, according to...

El Salvador: organizaciones sociales y grupos de la sociedad civil alzan su voz para rechazar la destitución de jueces del Tribunal Constitucional y del fiscal general

La Asamblea Legislativa de El Salvador decidió este 1 de mayo, en su primera medida, la destitución de todxs lxs jueces integrantes de la Sala de lo...

Colombia: trabajadorxs de prensa fueron víctimas de ataques durante las protestas populares

Desde que a fines de abril comenzaron las protestas ciudadanas contra la reforma tributaria en Colombia, por lo menos 28 trabajadorxs de prensa fueron...

World Press Freedom Day 2021

Many IFJ affiliates took action to mark World Press Freedom Day on 3 May. Here is a non exhaustive list of their initiatives.

IFJ in the news

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...

Colombia: fotógrafo documental sufre un intento de asesinato

El 20 de abril, el fotógrafo Juan Carlos Ayala fue víctima de un intento de asesinato por parte de dos personas que le dispararon desde una moto en la...

International Memorial Workers Day: Remember the dead, fight for the living

The Covid-19 pandemic has had a brutal impact on the health of all workers around the world, especially those frontline workers most exposed to the...

Greece: Support to Documento journalist Kostas Vaxevanis

On 26 April 2021, Documento publisher and journalist Kostas Vaxevanis was given increased police protection after the Athens Prosecutor’s Office...

Taiwan: ATJ launches media monitoring report and polling

Media workers in Taiwan are most concerned about pressure from company executives and precariousness of work, said the Association of Taiwan...

IFJ/UNESCO event: World Press Freedom Day

As part of UNESCO's World Press Freedom Day activities, the IFJ will host an event on 1 May from 12 am CET to 1pm CET on Remember the Dead, Fight for...

Hong Kong: RTHK documentary producer convicted and fined

Bao Choy Yuk Ling, a freelance producer with Radio Television Hong Kong (RTHK), was convicted on April 22 of “making false statements” to obtain...

China: Jailed Uyghur journalist confesses in Beijing’s propaganda video

Erkin Tursun, a Uyghur TV producer who has been detained in China’s Xinjiang region since 2018, appeared in a video in which he acknowledges...

Turkey: Journalist Ahmet Altan freed after more than four years in prison

A Turkish court has released journalist Ahmet Altan after serving more than four years in prison on charges of involvement in the failed 2016 coup...

Sweden: Chinese embassy threatens Swedish journalist

The Chinese Embassy in Sweden has reportedly threatened a Swedish freelance journalist, Jojje Olsson, over an article Chinese authorities deemed...

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