News and Press Releases

There were 138 violations of media and journalists' rights during 2020 in Iraqi Kurdistan, including arbitrary arrests and physical attacks, a new...

Three women journalists were detained and another was beaten by police on 5 January during a protest in the Turkish capital Ankara against the...

As Judge Vanessa Baraitser started to deliver her ruling in the Old Bailey’s number two court yesterday, nothing felt right.

Bismillah Adil Aimaq, an Afghan journalist and human rights activist was killed by unidentified gunmen in Dara-e-Taimoor village in Ghor province of...

On 10 December, 84 journalists of the state National Authority of Radio and TV were dismissed due to alleged loyalty to the regime of former president...

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...

Les journalistes tunisiens ont manifesté massivement ce jeudi 26 novembre pour dénoncer la non publication par le gouvernement de la convention...

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...

As the vote on the first reading of the "Global Security" law achieved a majority in the French National Assembly on Tuesday 24 November, the...

(UPDATED 4 NOVEMBER) A Harare court banned prominent lawyer Beatrice Mtetwa from defending journalist Hopewell Chin’ono, ruling she was in contempt of...

Pakistani authorities suspended satellite transmission of television channel News24HD from October 19 after it allegedly aired an opposition party...

Lawyers for the US government wrangled for days to prevent Julian Assange's extradition proceedings hearing Khaled El-Masri’s evidence. When...

Police detained four journalists in eastern Turkey on 6 October and raided their homes and offices following their reporting on allegations of Turkish...

“If you criminalise news gathering, you are criminalising journalism. It is a moral duty for journalists to protect sources. Many have gone to jail to...

Members of the National Union of Journalists (NUJ) working for Bullivant Media walked out on strike on 25 August to defend quality journalism, oppose...

Leaders of the global trade union movement have called on the Sudanese government to immediately halt the forced dissolution of trade unions and...