News and Press Releases

Thirteen journalists have already lost their lives due to COVID-19 in Latin America and the Caribbean at the time of writing this article, a few days...

The IFJ joined its affiliate in Yemen, the Yemeni Journalists Syndicate (YJS), in calling for the release of all 20 journalists currently imprisoned...

Governments and employers need to do more to protect jobs, wages and living standards amid the Covid-19 pandemic according to a new survey published...

Journalists in Ukraine are demanding action by government after a catastrophic fall in revenue has led to wage cuts, job losses and staff being forced...

Some European countries have decided to limit and control journalists' questions during government press conferences during the COVID-19 pandemic. The...

Four men accused of the murder of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl in Pakistan in 2002 were rearrested on April 4, a day after a court...

UPDATE 27.04.2020 Iraq’s Communications and Media Commission (CMC) has fined and banned Reuters news agency from operating following a report on the...

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...

Serbian Prime Minister, Ana Brnabic, withdrew a planned decree that would have limited the publishing of information related to COVID-19 just to...

Italian journalists are on the front lines in the emergency that has hit the country. Federazione Nazionale Stampa Italiana (FSNI) is working to...

Sajid Hussain, a Pakistani journalist granted political asylum in Sweden in 2017, is reported as missing. The International Federation of Journalists...

Ko Nay Myo Lin, the editor-in-chief of Voice of Myanmar (VOM), was arrested on March 30 for breaching the Counter Terrorism Law after publishing an...

The Iranian State Board for Fighting Corona Disease (SBFCD) passed a nationwide ban on all print publications on 30 March. The International...

UPDATE 5/05/2020 Sajid Hussain, a Pakistani journalist who was granted political asylum in Sweden in 2017, has gone missing. The International...

L’accès à l’Information pour la sensibilisation des populations reste le seul moyen le plus sûr pour lutter efficacement contre les pandémies qui...

The South East Asia Journalists Unions (SEAJU) network remains concerned for the physical and financial safety of journalists reporting in South East...