News and Press Releases

To mark the International Day for Human Rights on 10 December 2020, the IFJ, the largest organisation of professional journalists with 600,000 members...

Qais Javed, a journalist affiliated with Ehadnama media news, was shot dead in front of his home on the night of December 7 in the north western city...

Senior journalist and editor of Vijaya Times, Vijayalakshmi Shibaroor, was allegedly threatened and physically assaulted by a violent mob, while...

The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) has suspended the broadcasts of local network Nalia Radio and Television (NRT) for one week from December 7...

Gujarat Police registered a First Information Report (FIR) against three reporters and a photographer who entered the Rajkot Taluka police station on...

Attacks against journalists covering anti-lockdown protests and demonstrations by Covid-sceptics are on the rise in Europe, a new report has revealed....

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has joined calls to repeal a decision to cut funding to the Slovenia Press Agency (STA) in a row...

L'accès à plusieurs médias en ligne a été bloqué le 2 décembre en Algérie, une situation qui s'est déjà produite plusieurs fois cette année. La...

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 BBC has closed the Sinhala Radio service broadcast due to financial crisis, effective from November 30. The International Federation of...

Hong Kong media magnate Jimmy Lai has been denied bail after being formally charged with fraud on December 3. The International Federation of...

The charges against journalist Hopewell Chin’ono exposed the increasing harassment of media workers by the Zimbabwean government during the Covid-19...

Iranian journalist Vida Rabbani was arrested by security forces on 22 November and remains in detention, reportedly over tweets over the nationwide...

A Tamil journalist locally known as Gokulan, affiliated with Battinews.com was arrested by the Sri Lankan Terrorism Investigation Division (TID) on...

TV Journalist Violetta Tovkes was attacked by an unknown man in the middle of a live broadcast on 28 November, resulting in severe damage to her...

Rakesh Singh Nirbhek, a reporter working for Rashtriya waroop newspaper and his friend Pintu Sahu were assaulted and suffered fatal burn wounds when...