News and Press Releases

The ABS-CBN, one of the oldest television broadcasters in the Philippines, was forced off air on Tuesday night, May 5, after the National...

La revista Semana denunció en una investigación al Ejército Colombiano por interferir computadoras y teléfonos de periodistas que reportaban sobre el...

Durante las manifestaciones del 1° de Mayo, Carabineros de Chile reprimió y detuvo a periodistas que estaban trabajando así como también a dirigentes...

Journalist Said Yusuf Ali, working for the privately owned Kalsan TV, was stabbed to death in Mogadishu’s Hodan district on May 4. The International...

Le projet de loi 22.20 relatif à l'utilisation des réseaux sociaux au Maroc a suscité un tollé général. La Fédération internationale des journalistes...

The special crimes investigation directorate of South Kalimantan police arrested Diananta Putra Sumedi, former chief editor of local online media,...

A Chinese journalist has been jailed for 15 years for reports posted on social media allegedly claiming corruption by Chinese party officials in Hunan...

Shafiqul Islam Kajol, a photojournalist who had been missing for nearly two months, was arrested on World Press Freedom Day, May 3, by Border Guard...

The parents of murdered US journalist Daniel Pearl filed an appeal to the Supreme Court of Pakistan on May 2, a day before the World Press Freedom...

On 4 May, German publisher Bauer Media notified its staff about 60 job losses and 15 stand downs in a Zoom meeting. This move has been heavily...

Solicitor general Jose Calida warned the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) against allowing the ABS-CBN television network to operate while...

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has welcomed the announcement by Somalia’s President to repeal harsh laws which criminalised freedom...

The Uganda Journalists Union is threatening legal action to fight pay cuts of up to 60% imposed on journalists by New Vision Publishing.

On the occasion of World Press Freedom Day 2020, join UNESCO and representatives of the press and press freedom groups on Monday 4 May for an online...

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

Tashny Sukumaran, a correspondent for Hong Kong newspaper the South China Morning Post in Malaysia, has been summoned by the Malaysian police over her...