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...

Maja Pavlović, the owner of the independent regional TV Kanal 9 in Serbia, has been on hunger strike for 14 days to protest against the economic...

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...

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...

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

Today the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) launched in Mogadishu, Somalia, a continental campaign on the safety of African journalists,...

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 National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) yesterday launched a National Workshop on Advancing Gender-Responsive Journalism in Mogadishu in...

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

Utusan Melayu Berhad, the publisher of the oldest Malay daily Utusan Malaysia, has agreed to pay outstanding salaries for around 800 media staff...