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Civil society organisations staged a protest at Malaysia’s Parliament in Kuala Lumpur on March 14, demanding an end to the country’s emergency…

Mumia Abu-Jamal, an African-American journalist with close ties to the Black Panthers, who has spent nearly 40 years in prison, has tested positive…

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…

Malaysia’s Pakatan Nasional government implemented a new emergency law on March 11 that will criminalise “fake news” relating to Covid-19. The IFJ and…

The International Federation of Journalists today published the report on journalists and media staff killed in work-related incidents around the…

How do authoritarian regimes and armed conflicts silence journalists and undermine justice? How has the COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated the challenges…

On 8 March, journalist Levent Gültekin was attacked by a group of around 20 people just a few metres away from his workplace at the Halk TV station in…

Over 300 Afghan female journalists have quit their jobs in recent months due to security concerns, including a spate of female media workers' killings…

Tras la publicación de una investigación periodística que expuso distintas denuncias de acoso sexual realizadas hacia el candidato al congreso peruano…

Two family members of Radio Free Asia (RFA) editor, Eset Sulaiman, have been confirmed as detained by Chinese authorities as part of an intimidation…

Myanmar’s military detained two journalists and raided a further two news outlets on March 8 as the military continues its onslaught to quell media…

The Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) arrested a member of the youth wing of the country’s ruling Awami League on March 7 in connection with the…

El viernes 5 de marzo, periodistas, camarógrafxs y choferxs resultaron víctimas de los violentos actos represivos que tiñeron las jornadas de…

The United Kingdom's government has published the country's first national action plan to protect journalists from abuse and harassment. The…

Media organisations across Myanmar were ordered to close by the Myanmar Military Council on Monday, March 8 including Myanmar Now who had their…

A court notice published in The Daily Jang newspaper on February 28 has levelled allegations of criminal conduct against the secretary general of the…