News and Press Releases

A 10 días de la segunda vuelta electoral, el clima de violencia contra trabajadorxs de prensa aún no ha cesado. La Asociación Nacional de Periodistas…

In the run-up to the Olympic Games, the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has written to the games governing body to express its concern…

The Slovak Supreme Court ruled on 15 June sided with the prosecutors who appealed against last summer’s acquittal of two accused in the murder of…

A Myanmar court dismissed the case against US journalist, Nathan Maung, freeing him after he was detained in March. The International Federation of…

The president of the Tokyo Olympics, Seiko Hashimoto, announced on June 8 that international journalists will be tracked by GPS while they are in…

Le 13 juin, le ministère de la Communication en Algérie a annoncé que le pays retirait son accréditation à France 24. Raison évoquée : une « hostilité…

Dans une lettre adressée ce 15 juin au roi du Maroc Mohammed VI, la Fédération internationale des journalistes (FIJ) a exigé la libération immédiate…

On 8 June, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko signed a new legislation which punishes with up to three year jail term those accused of…

El viernes 11 de junio, la justicia colombiana condenó a uno de los responsables del secuestro y asesinato del equipo periodístico de El Comercio,…

El viernes por la madrugada, la Cámara de Diputadxs sancionó la Ley de Equidad de Género en los medios de comunicación, que tiene como objetivo…

En las últimas cinco semanas, durante las protestas sociales en Colombia se registraron numerosas agresiones por parte de las fuerzas de seguridad a…

Late on 10 June, two journalists Khaled Drareni and Ihsan El Kadi were arrested by the authorities in Algeria along with opposition leader Karim…

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…

Le 8 juin, au lendemain de trois jours de deuil national suite à l’attaque de Solhan, le Conseil supérieur de la communication (CSC) a suspendu la…

Unions urged the Central Epidemic Command Centre (CECC) to consider journalists as frontline workers and be given vaccinations after the death of Next…

A year on from the introduction of legislation on the SIM Card Registration Programme (SCRP), human rights concerns still remain imminent. The…