News and Press Releases

Journalists attempting to enter Macau to interview China’s president, Xi Jinping, were refused entry at border checkpoints. The International...

Journalists from the Russian Sputnik news agency in Estonia are facing threats from the Estonian authorities, who have demanded they stop cooperating...

Russian President Putin signed into law a controversial amendment to the Administrative Violation Code on December 16, which will allow for...

Libyan journalist Ridha Fheel al-Boom was arbitrarily arrested on December 14 at Tripoli's airport by the Lybian intelligence agency. The...

Dozens of journalists, trade unionists and researchers from the Arab world and the Middle East, but also from Belgium and France, took part in an...

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) today hosted a special meeting with Iranian journalists working abroad to develop a plan of action...

A correspondent for Sri Lanka’s Daily Mirror and Lankadeepa was attacked by club-wielding assailants in his home on December 6. The International...

The Indian Government has imposed internet shutdowns in Assam and Tripura states amid ongoing protests against the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill 2019....

The IFJ has strongly condemned moves by the Sudanese authorities to ban and forcibly shut down the country's trade unions, including its affiliate 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...

Syrian Kurdish journalist Hamberfan Kosah has been held under arrest without explicit and public charges in Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia) airport since...

Police officers grabbed the phone of IDN Times journalist Helmi Shemi, deleting his footage of the Jakarta protests on Human Rights Day. The...

Nigerian-American journalist and activist Omoyele Sowore was re-arrested on December 6 on treason charges, despite a court ordering his release. The...

The International and European Federations of Journalists (IFJ/EFJ), in partnership with their Turkish affiliates, organized last week two training...

Police attacked Suman Chapagain, a journalist with Nagarik News while he was reporting on protests at the Dasrath stadium in Kathmandu during the 13th...

The International and European Federations of Journalists (IFJ/EFJ) join other international organizations in an urgent call to European leaders to...