News and Press Releases

Several journalists have been threatened and intimidated in Philippines, including a death threat to one of them. The International Federation...

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and the European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) have today welcomed the pre-trial release of RIA...

Australian writer Yang Zhengjun who has been detained in China since January 19, 2019 has being formally arrested on 'suspicion of espionage'. The...

Last week, the official student publication of the University of Eastern Philippines in Catarman, The Pillars, was intimidated by the police on a...

Three Iranian journalists were sentenced to heavy jail terms by the Tehran Revolutionary court in August. The International Federation of Journalists...

At least seven journalists were taken in custody on Tuesday 20 August after reporting on protests taking place in three southeast Turkish cities,...

Tanzanian journalist Joseph Gandye was arrested on Thursday 22nd August for allegedly “publishing false information” and released two days later. The...

Zimbabwean journalist Leopold Munhende was arrested and detained by the police in Zimbabwe in the capital Harare on 23 August while performing his...

As protests broke out across Hong Kong again over the weekend, journalists and media workers were targeted and harassed. The International Federation...

Following the government-led internet shutdown in Indonesia’s eastern provinces of Papua and West Papua a journalist has been doxxed and harassed...

Leaders of the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) met yesterday the President of Somalia, Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed Farmaajo, at Villa...

Following riots and demonstrations in Papua and West Papua, the internet has been blocked in Indonesia’s eastern most provinces since Wednesday,...

On 10th August Yemeni separatists from the Southern Transitional Council took control of the city port of Aden, Yemen, after days of fighting with the...

The IFJ has called on the Modi government and authorities in Kashmir to lift the information siege imposed on the region as journalists continue to...

The Lebanese Journalists Syndicate (LJS) organised a sit-in in Beirut yesterday in solidarity with journalists and media workers to protest against...

Since June 2019, protests have taken over the streets of Hong Kong on a weekly basis. As journalists and media workers attempt to cover these...