News and Press Releases

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...

Communication in and out of the Indian region of Jammu and Kashmir has been blocked since August 4 following changes to the region’s autonomy in...

On 11th August, the Russian national communications regulator Roskomnadzor published a statement demanding Google to prevent its video-sharing service...

Brandon Lee, a journalist with Northern Dispatch Weekly, was shot and injured outside his house in Tungngod, Lagawe in Ifugao province, on August 6....

As protests broke out on the streets of Hong Kong over the weekend, journalists were again the targets of police brutality. One journalist was...

Two Sri Lankan army spies were charged with serious assault on a journalist and his wife as they drove to work in January 2009. The International...

On 3rd August, Moscow’s police has detained at least ten journalists covering a rally organized by opposition groups.

A student journalist was attacked and hit by the chancellor of State University of Makassar during the university’s 58th anniversary celebration. The...

Indonesian journalist Asnawi Luwi’s house was burned down, followed by an arson attack at the office of the Indonesian Journalists Association (PWI)...

[Updated on 5th August] Tanzanian police arrested prominent investigative journalist Erick Kabendera on Monday 29 July for questioning over his...