IFJ in the news

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...

Palestine: Journalist shot in head by Israeli soldier

A journalist was hit in the head by a rubber-coated bullet fired by an Israeli soldier in a village east of Nablus in the West Bank on 22 September....

Pakistan: PFUJ stands in solidarity with women journalists in Afghanistan and Indian Held Kashmir

With the Taliban taking over, the women journalists of Afghanistan have been put under extreme pressure and even threatened. Things have turned...

China: Chinese journalist Huang Xueqin thought detained after disappearance

Chinese journalist and activist Sophia Huang Xueqin is feared to have been detained in China after disappearing on September 19. The International...

Thailand: Authorities reverse restrictions on reporters covering anti-government protests

Following pressure from journalist unions, Bangkok’s Metropolitan Police have conceded that the extended list of requirements for media workers...

Sudan: Press council suspends two newspapers for three days

The National Press and Publications Council of Sudan suspended on 20 September the publication of newspapers, Al – Intibaha and Al – Sayha for a...

India: Dainik Bhaskar journalists pursued and arrested by police for report error

A ‘factual error’ on the location of a suspected terrorist’s arrest in a Dainik Bashkar news report led to the arrest of its editor, Sandeep Sharma,...

Australia: Journalists and news crew targeted by Melbourne protesters and police

Journalists and news crews were targeted by protestors and police during a series of protests in Melbourne on September 21. The International...

Argentina: paro nacional de FATPREN por falta de respuesta ante pedidos de recomposición salarial

La Federación Argentina de Trabajadores de Prensa (FATPREN) llevó adelante durante las últimas semanas asambleas y un paro nacional para exigir un...

Pakistan: Digital media workers urge for industry representation and reform

Three separate IFJ digital media studies commissioned from July to September 2021 found that digital media workers in Pakistan are largely ignored...

El Salvador: En pocos días se registraron varias agresiones a periodistas por parte de funcionarios de gobierno

En los últimos días se recrudeció la hostilidad del gobierno hacia trabajadorxs de prensa y contra la Asociación de Periodistas de El Salvador (APES),...

Colombia: el periodista Marcos Efraín Montalvo fue asesinado en Tuluá

Durante la noche de ayer se conoció la noticia del asesinato del comunicador en la región del Valle de Cauca. Si bien los motivos del crimen aún no...

Hong Kong: National security chief accuses journalist association of bias

Hong Kong’s national security chief recently accused the Hong Kong Journalists Association (HKJA), an affiliate of the International Federation of...

TANZANIA: JOWUTA tells Government to stop issuing general penalties for errors committed by journalists

The President of the Journalists Workers ‘Union of Tanzania (JOWUTA), Claud Gwandu, has called on the Tanzanian Government to “stop issuing general...

Uruguay: periodistas enfrentan una denuncia judicial por una investigación sobre una dirigente política

El jueves 16 de septiembre, trabajadorxs de la revista Caras y Caretas y del periódico La Diaria se presentaron ante la justicia por una demanda por...

Syria: Jailed journalist in critical condition must be released

The health of journalist Mohammed Al Sagheer, who was arrested on June 7, 2019 in Northeast Syria and sentenced by a military anti-terrorism court to...

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