News and Press Releases

Hong Kong: Former Apple Daily employee arrested while trying to leave Hong Kong

Police arrested former senior editorial writer Fung Wai-kong, who worked for the recently shutdown pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily at Hong Kong…

Starting up a career in journalism during the pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic has been an uncertain time for early-career journalists as many media stopped their activity, put their internships and…

Trust in news grows, need for diverse and gender-balanced newsrooms demanded

The Reuters Digital News Report 2021 has revealed that public’s trust in news has risen sharply during the Covid-19 pandemic and that younger…

Syrie: atelier sur la sécurité des journalistes

En collaboration avec son affilié le Syndicat des journalistes syriens (UJS), la FIJ a organisé un atelier de concertation sur le renforcement de la…

Argentina: se sancionó la Ley de Promoción del Acceso al Empleo Formal para personas Travestis, Transexuales y transgénero

A diez días de que se promulgara la Ley de Equidad de Género en los medios de comunicación, la Cámara de Senadorxs aprobó esta nueva iniciativa,…

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…

IFJ holds workshops for lawyers on freedom of expression and media rights

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) conducted two online workshops for lawyers from Burundi, Mexico, Sri Lanka and Yemen on the…

Iran: Two journalists die in bus crash

A bus carrying journalists on a press trip crashed near the city of Naqadeh in Northwestern Iran on 23 June killing 2 female reporters and wounding 21…

SOUTH EAST ASIA: Call for stronger protections for media workers amid Covid-19

Members of the South East Asia Journalist Union (SEAJU) network call on governments to do more to protect media workers amid the Covid-19 pandemic and…

Pakistan: Sindh Governor rejects journalist protection bill

Sindh Governor Imran Ismail on June 20 controversially returned the new Sindh Protection of Journalists and Other Media Practitioners Bill 2021…

Cambodia: Journalists stopped and intimidated by authorities

Cambodian journalists have been intimidated by authorities in a series of incidents documented by the Cambodian Journalists Alliance (CamboJA). The…

Global trade union movement launches toolkit in campaign to eradicate violence and harassment in the world of work

As the International Labour Organization Convention 190 on violence and harassment in the world of work comes into force on 25 June 2021, the IFJ is…

Palestine: IFJ mourns the death of former journalist and union leader Abdelnasser Najjar

Palestinian former journalist and union leader Abdelnasser Najjar passed away on June 25 at the hospital. The International Federation of Journalists…

Unions highlight plight of Iranian journalists at UN event

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) is joining forces with the National Union of Journalists (NUJ) in the UK and Ireland, the BBC World…

Hong Kong: Democracy crumbles in Hong Kong as Apple Daily shutters HK operations

The Hong Kong edition of Apple Daily, published by the Hong Kong-based Next Digital media group, will print its last paper on June 24. The…

Jordan: Journalist and union leader who reported on mismanagement of public advertisement money faces pressure

Khaled Al Qudah, a journalist working for Al Rai newspaper and board member of the Jordanian Press Association (JPA), submitted testimony to the…

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