News and Press Releases

Yemeni journalists have suffered numerous press freedom violations ranging from killings, torture and kidnapping to threats, attacks on media...

Radio journalist Svetlana Prokopyeva has been found guilty of "justifying terrorism" and fined 500,000 rubles (around 6.000 €) over a column she wrote...

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and dozens of press freedom, human rights, and privacy rights organizations across five continents...

Jorge Enrique Rodríguez, periodista de Diario de Cuba y reportero del medio español ABC, está detenido desde ayer y será sometido a juicio el martes...

Los trabajadores de prensa fueron baleados desde un auto que luego se dio a la fuga. La policía detuvo a las pocas horas a dos sospechosos acusados de...

Russian journalist and photographer David Frenkel was assaulted and seriously injured by a policeman at a polling station in St. Petersburg on 2 July...

Experienced reporter and Yemeni Journalists Syndicate (YJS) board member Nabil Al Osaidi has repeatedly received phone call threats over the past few...

Aktuakity.sk journalist Peter Sabo found a bullet in his mailbox on 25 June, according announced today the news website editor-in-chief Peter Bárdy....

UPDATED 24 JULY Independent news website Index.hu has told its readers that the site’s staff and the whole newsroom were in danger due to “external...

Over 200 people, including 14 journalists, were arrested on June 21 during peaceful demonstrations against the arrest of presidential nominee Viktar...

IFJ affiliates around the world have taken key actions in support of media workers amid the Covid-19 pandemic.

Organizaciones armadas amenazaron de muerte a cinco periodistas del sur de ese país mediante panfletos de dominio público.

Journalist Mohamed Mounir was detained on June 15 on charges of "spreading fake news", a widespread practice of the Egyptian government to silence...

The Federation of African Journalists (FAJ), the Pan–African Organisation of the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has launched today a...

Iranian journalists are calling on the Romanian authorities to take judicial action against judge Gholamreza Mansouri for human rights violations...

The Sudanese authorities crackdown on media, unions and journalists has escalated during the Covid-19 pandemic, with tightening state control over...