News and Press Releases

On Monday 20th August, Amir Hossein Miresmaeili, was sentenced by a Teheran tribunal to “ 10 years of prison, 2 years of deprivation activity in the...

The International and European Federations of Journalists request all journalists in EU member states to write to their Members of the European...

Investigative journalists Trevor Birney and Barry McCaffrey were arrested on the morning of 31 August after police search was held in their houses and...

The International and European Federations of Journalists (IFJ and EFJ) today reiterated their support for the adoption of the Directive on Copyright...

A woman television journalist was hacked to death at the door of her home in Pabna of Rajshahi division, Bangladesh on August 28. The International...

The IFJ has welcomed a call by the United States National Writers Union to enhance protection for, and end discrimination against, women journalists...

Nepal’s new Criminal Codes Act 2018 curtails freedom of expression and the press. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliates...

On August 13, journalists at Thrillist, a New York-based food and culture digital magazine, voted to strike to demand “living wages”. The IFJ fully...

Voice of America journalist, Yibing Feng, and media worker, Allen Ai were detained for six hours on Monday, August 13 in Jinan, Shandong province as...

Television journalist Kishorchandra Wangkhem was arrested and charged with inciting public mischief through a series of Facebook posts, in Imphal,...