News and Press Releases

Journalists covering student protests in cities across Indonesia were attacked by police in a series of brutal incidents on September 24. The...

Dandhy Dwi Laksono, a journalist filmmaker for WatchDoc, was arrested on September 26 and charged under Indonesia’s controversial Information and...

Abdul Hamid Hotaki, a political talk show host at Hewad independent public media group, was critically injured in an explosion near the campaign...

Online and broadcast journalists in the Philippines will have greater ability to protect their sources following an expansion of the country’s...

El 23 de septiembre el fotoperiodista Dieu-Nalio Chery recibió un tiro por parte del senador Jean Mary Ralph Féthière, quien realizó disparos cerca de...

The Global Times, a Chinese state-run media outlet published a report yesterday about a smear campaign against the IFJ’s Hong Kong affiliate, the Hong...

Along with 21 other organisations, the IFJ signed an open letter sent to the new Secretary General of the Council of Europe, Marija Pejčinović Burić,...

Journalists covering the demonstration in front of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) in Jakarta, on Friday, September 13, were harassed,...

A website was recently found to have purported to post personal information of journalists in Hong Kong. The International Federation of Journalists...

The offices of Abante Tonite, a leading Philippines tabloid were stormed by four men and set alight in an arson attack on Monday, September 9 in...

Pakistani journalist Zafar Abbas, who had been missing since September 7, was found dead five days later in Punjab, in eastern Pakistan. The...

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) welcomed the commitment of the Palestinian government to delivering on its promises for media sector...

The International Federation of Journalist (IFJ) and Hong Kong Journalists Association (HKJA), together with over 50 journalist unions and leading...

Radio Bonakanda, a community radio station based in Buea, South West region of Cameroon was attacked by unknown gunmen at around 10 pm on Tuesday, 3...

Five years after the disappearance of Maldivian journalist Ahmed Rilwan Abdulla, an independent inquiry found that he was killed by a local extremist...

Senior police assaulted several journalists as they covered violent clashes in Barrackpore, a city in West Bengal, on Sunday, September 1. The...