News and Press Releases

The Myanmar Supreme Court today rejected the appeal filed by two Reuters journalists, Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo, who were sentenced to seven years in...

A lawsuit has been filed against The Irrawaddy for its reporting on conflict in Rahkine state in Myanmar. The International Federation of Journalists...

Freelance journalist and filmmaker Yaara Bou Melhem, will deliver the 2019 2019 Press Freedom Lecture in Sydney on May 2, which is being held to raise...

[Updated on April 23rd] Journalist Lyra McKee was shot dead while she was covering the riots at the Creggan housing estate in the city of Londonderry...

Two journalist killers have been sentenced to death for the murder of Afghan journalist Abdul Manan Arghand. The International Federation of...

Pakistani journalist has been charged for cyber-terrorism over comments made about the Pakistan Army. The International Federation of Journalists...

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has joined today several human rights and freedom of speech organisations to condemn the judicial...

Lxs periodistas Paola Ugaz y Pedro Salinas enfrentan actualmente procesos judiciales en su contra como represalia de una investigación periodística en...

Sans explication ni notification officielle, les autorités algériennes ont expulsé mardi 9 avril le directeur de l’Agence France-Presse (AFP) en...

Premises of TV Channel Belsat were searched on April 9 by the Investigative Committee of Belarus as part of a criminal investigation of a defamation...

The Hungarian Embassy in Ljubljana complained to Slovenia's Foreign Ministry after the weekly Mladina published a story it disliked. The International...

The former leader of Jamaat-e-Islami’s (JI), an Islamist political party in Pakistan, issued a fatwa on April 8, promoting the killing of journalists...

The Manipur High Court has ordered the release of Indian journalist Kishorchandra Wangkhem following his detention on November 21, 2018 under the...

Voice TV host has been charged with defamation following the channel’s broadcast of the general election on March 24. The International Federation of...

Karachi cameraperson Ali Mubashir was abducted near his office on April 1. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) condemned the abducted...

The International Federation of Journalists (IJF) today expressed serious concerns over the new Russian law on "fake" news and the "lack of respect...