IFJ in the news

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...

IFJ welcomes UN experts’ call for a moratorium on sale of spyware

Human rights experts working with the United Nations have called for a global moratorium on the sale and transfer of surveillance technology until...

Philippines: Cyber-libel charges against Maria Ressa dismissed

A global coalition supporting Filipino journalist Maria Ressa has welcomed the dismissal of cyber-libel charges against the Rappler CEO and founder....

Pakistan: Proposed media regulatory authority rejected by Pakistani media

A coalition of Pakistani media stakeholders and leaders is calling for the rejection of the proposed Pakistan Media Regularity Authority (PMDA) which...

Pakistan: Unknown killers murder journalist

Pakistani journalist, Kashif Hussain, was killed in Wanike Tarrar, a small town in the District of Hafizabad. The International Federation of...

China/Australia: Media calls on China to release Australian journalist Cheng Lei

One year on from her detainment by Chinese authorities on “suspicion of illegally supplying state secrets overseas”, a journalist and media collective...

Uruguay: el gobierno promueve modificaciones a la Ley de Medios que podrían afectar directamente a las radios comunitarias

La Coordinación por una Comunicación Democrática, de la cual forma parte la Asociación de la Prensa Uruguaya, expresó mediante un comunicado su...

Afghanistan: IFJ launches international solidarity campaign as Taliban violence threatens journalists

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has today launched an international solidarity campaign with Afghan journalists as the threat of...

DRC: Journalist killed in North Kivu Province

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has joined UNESCO in condemning the brutal murder of a journalist working with the Congolese...

Assange extradition threat increases / Tim Dawson

The threat of extradition grew for Julian Assange yesterday as a judge ruled that the US could expand the basis of its appeal.

México: la periodista Azucena Uresti fue amenazada por uno de los cárteles más violentos del país

El Cártel Jalisco Nueva Generación (CJNG) emitió un video en el cual su líder, Nemesio Rubén Oseguera Cervantes, amenazó directamente a la...

Poland: Parliament must vote against “lex TVN” bill

The Polish parliament is discussing measures to ban non-European owners from controlling more than a 49% stake in Polish media companies. The move,...

IFJ backs calls to drop charges against Julian Assange

The preliminary hearing of the US government's appeal against the decision not to extradite journalist Julian Assange started on 11 August at the High...

Pakistan: Two Pakistani journalists arrested under the cybercrime act

Two Lahore-based journalists, Amir Mir and Imran Shafqat, were booked under the cybercrime act by the Pakistani Federal Investigation Agency (FIA)....

Brasil: 278 periodistas murieron a causa del COVID-19 desde que comenzó la pandemia

Con este número, el país sudamericano encabeza las estadísticas mundiales de trabajadorxs de prensa muertos durante la pandemia. Según el registro...

Russia: Ivan Safronov's detention conditions toughen after publication of his article

Ivan Safronov, a former journalist imprisoned since 7 July 2020 on charges of "high treason", has been facing harsher conditions since the publication...

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