News and Press Releases

#IWD2023 : IFJ affiliates stand for women's rights around the globe

As today marks International Women's Day, find out what IFJ affiliates are doing to call for an improvement of women's journalists rights in the…

Angola: “Covering conflict zones came so naturally that before I knew it I was already there”

Maria Luísa Rogério has been working as a journalist for 36 years and has covered several elections across the African continent. She is a senior…

Peru: "Women leadership starts with families encouraging girls to become leaders"

Nélida Maquera is a journalist at Radio Onda Azul and the president of the Puno Delegation of the National Association of Journalists (ANP) in Peru.…

Myanmar : “Even before I left Myanmar, I had to keep my profession as a journalist secret”

Naw Betty Han is a Burmese journalist from Frontier Myanmar. She was reporting in Myanmar before the military takeover in 2021, which made the country…

Europe: Council of Europe report highlights need for independent journalism

The Council of Europe Platform for Protection of Journalism and the Safety of Journalists, together with the International and European and…

Belarus: BAJ labeled ‘extremist group’ by Lukashenko’s regime

The Belarusian Association of Journalists (BAJ) has been labeled an ‘extremist group’ by Alyaksandr Lukashenko’s regime, in an obvious act of…

Palestine: "The killing of Shireen Abu Akleh has doubled the fear of going to the field among journalists"

Areen Al-Amleh is a Palestine public TV journalist based in Hebron and a safety trainer accredited by the IFJ. She has been working as a news…

UAE: IFJ Climate Action Team signs letter by world groups condemning the announcement of oil executive as COP28 president

The Climate Action Team (CAT) Working Group of the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has signed a letter issued by world groups to condemn…

Malaysia: IFJ welcomes groundbreaking new NUJM agreement

The IFJ has welcomed a groundbreaking new agreement signed by the National Union of Journalists in Malaysia – to establish the first ever union branch…

Women reporting conflicts: Changing the narrative, staying safe

Ten women journalists were killed in the line of duty in 2022, most of them reporting from conflict zones.  Women journalists face extreme…

Pakistan: ARY News suspended by regulators

The Pakistani news and current affairs channel ARY News has had its license suspended for broadcasting clips of former Prime Minister Imran Khan,…

Pakistan: “Someday I will write a book and tell the stories we can’t share now”

Farzana Ali has been working as a journalist since 1997. She is Aaj News TV Bureau Chief in Peshawar, the capital city of the province of Khyber…

Yemen: “My role involves a great deal of accuracy and impartiality and the need to preserve the safety of my team”

Thuraya Dammaj is a Yemeni journalist and the editor of the online media Yemen Future. She has been covering the bloody conflict in Yemen which…

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…

Burundi : Journalist languishes in jail for six months under trumped up charges

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) today joined its affiliate in Burundi, l’Union Burundaise des Journalistes (UBJ), in calling for the…

Pakistan: Transgender news anchor survives gun attack

Marvia Malik, Pakistan’s first transgender news anchor for Kohenoor TV, has survived an ambush by two gunmen on return to her Lahore home and…

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