News and Press Releases

UPDATE: On Sunday April 26 2021, Amir Abbas Dehbashi-Nejad was released from the Bushehr prison in Iran. The judicial order for Dehbashi-Nejad’s…

Stress, anxiety, depression, sleep and eating disorders or burnout are just some of the mental health problems that many journalists covering the…

The Myanmar military detained Japanese freelance journalist, Yuki Kitazumi in Yangon on April 18 for allegedly disseminating ‘fake news’. The…

Jahangir Alam Shahin, a district correspondent of Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha was assaulted and tortured by members of the Border Guard Bangladesh…

Four men broke into a printing company associated with the Hong Kong edition of The Epoch Times on April 12 and vandalized equipment. The…

An ambassador for China in Australia presented journalists with propaganda videos and pressured the media on its reporting during a press conference…

Jimmy Lai, founder of the media group Next Digital, was sentenced to 14 months in prison on April 16 for organising unauthorized assemblies in late…

A Turkish court has released journalist Ahmet Altan after serving more than four years in prison on charges of involvement in the failed 2016 coup…

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…

The Chinese Embassy in Sweden has reportedly threatened a Swedish freelance journalist, Jojje Olsson, over an article Chinese authorities deemed…

The National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) and the International Organisation of Migration (IOM) have worked collaboratively to launch on the…

Freelance journalist Vladislav Yesypenko has told a court he was tortured and forced to confess after he was arrested in March by Federal Security…

The International Federation of Journalists made its submission to a public hearing examining the deteriorating situation in Myanmar. The IFJ and its…

Italy’s Justice Minister announced the launch of an investigation into Sicilian prosecutors' wiretapping of at least 15 journalists reporting on…

Shah Alam City Council (MBSA) denied journalists from entering and reporting on a public hearing on April 8 regarding the council’s draft local plan…

Après les menaces de mort reçues par les journalistes Nadiya Lazzouni et Morgan Large, les syndicats français, SNJ, SNJ-CGT, CFDT-Journalistes, et…