News and Press Releases

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...

This year’s World Intellectual Property Day – celebrated on 26 April 2021 – marks a turning point in relations between the worlds’ populations and the...

Abu Tayyab, a senior television journalist, was arrested by police on April 20 under the controversial Digital Security Act (DSA) for writing social...

UPDATE: On Sunday April 26 2021, Amir Abbas Dehbashi-Nejad was released from the Bushehr prison in Iran. The judicial order for Dehbashi-Nejad’s...

Stress, anxiety, depression, sleep and eating disorders or burnout are just some of the mental health problems that many journalists covering the...

An ambassador for China in Australia presented journalists with propaganda videos and pressured the media on its reporting during a press conference...

Jimmy Lai, founder of the media group Next Digital, was sentenced to 14 months in prison on April 16 for organising unauthorized assemblies in late...

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...

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...

The National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) and the International Organisation of Migration (IOM) have worked collaboratively to launch on the...

Italy’s Justice Minister announced the launch of an investigation into Sicilian prosecutors' wiretapping of at least 15 journalists reporting on...