News and Press Releases

A media security guard has been shot and killed, while another seven media workers have been injured from a car bomb blast near private broadcaster...

Hundreds of delegates from journalists unions around the world adopted a new Global Charter of Ethics for Journalists at an historic International...

A Kashmiri editor was arrested in a late night raid on his home in Srinagar on June 24. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its...

Myanmar’s military has launched legal action against three local journalists following their reporting of a farmer protest in the Kayah State capital,...

Cambodia’s court has rejected an appeal by two former Radio Free Asia (RFA) reporters accused of espionage. The International Federation of...

India’s increasing spate of attacks and murders of media workers has prompted a direct call to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi for urgent action...

The president of Karachi Press Club (KPC) was punched and pushed from a chair by a politician from Pakistan’s ruling party, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf...

Dai Zigeng, the former editor-in-chief of state media group Beijing News, was detained earlier this month for allegedly committing "serious violations...

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) today joined the call for the release of Gaspar Matalaev, a Turkmen journalist working for...

On June 16, Sri Lankan journalist Kusal Perera was faced with charges for commenting on the development of religious rivalries after the April 21...

Here is the list of the IFJ board including the 5 administrative committee members and the 16 advisers elected on 13th June 2019 as well as the list...

Delegates at the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) World Congress today backed a motion to promote the IFJ campaign for a UN Convention on...

Since Saturday, June 8, four journalists have been arrested in Uttar Pradesh for sharing a video deemed to be ‘defaming’ the chief minister on...

Today is Philippe Leruth last day as president of the IFJ. In this video he shares his thoughts on his legacy, the future of the IFJ and the future of...

Filipino journalist Fidelina Margarita Valle was arrested June 9, released nine hours later is a case of ‘mistaken identity’. The International...

As over a million people took to the streets of Hong Kong to protest the government’s controversial extradition bill on June 9, a number of...