News and Press Releases

Leaders of 50 journalists’ unions and associations in 34 European countries today called on their governments to intensify pressure and take action in...

A journalist working for state-owned newspaper ‘Al Wehda’ was detained for the second time in six months on 7 March, in an alleged defamation case....

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...

The IFJ today backed calls by its UK affiliate, the NUJ, on government ministers and all politicians to stop traducing journalists and media outlets...

Mumia Abu-Jamal, an African-American journalist with close ties to the Black Panthers, who has spent nearly 40 years in prison, has tested positive...

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...

The International Federation of Journalists today published the report on journalists and media staff killed in work-related incidents around the...

How do authoritarian regimes and armed conflicts silence journalists and undermine justice? How has the COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated the challenges...

On 8 March, journalist Levent Gültekin was attacked by a group of around 20 people just a few metres away from his workplace at the Halk TV station in...

Myanmar’s military detained two journalists and raided a further two news outlets on March 8 as the military continues its onslaught to quell media...

The United Kingdom's government has published the country's first national action plan to protect journalists from abuse and harassment. The...

Hong Kong police detained and arrested the former executive director of Next Digital, Stephen Ting Ka-yu, on March 2 for alleged fraud as part of a...

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has launched a global campaign #PayMeEqual to mark International Women's Day on 8 March, urging...

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...

The National Union of Journalists (NUJ) has been very active in recent years fighting unequal pay at work, in particular at the BBC, the UK's public...