News and Press Releases

(UPDATED 4 NOVEMBER) A Harare court banned prominent lawyer Beatrice Mtetwa from defending journalist Hopewell Chin’ono, ruling she was in contempt of…

Since 2005, 17 journalists have been killed. Five murders remain unsolved.

Corruption, weak institutional mechanisms, lack of political will are key factors the IFJ documented as major reasons that results on denial and delay…

On the International Day to End Impunity, the International Federation of Journalists and its affiliates launches its annual campaign to end impunity…

Tony Chung, a former leader of student activist group Studentlocalism, has been charged with secession, money laundering and conspiracy to publish…

Impunity occurs when those who threaten, attack and kill journalists walk free.

Arturo Alba Medina, conductor de Telediario, en Multimedios Televisión, fue asesinado a balazos en Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, minutos después de…

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…

57 journalists have been killed since 2010, only 4 perpetrators have been punished.

A satirical cartoon in local Filipino media has accused journalists and activists of a relationship with communist rebels. The International…

#EndImpunity: Yemen

Yemen: 44 journalists have been killed in the last ten years; perpetrators remain unpunished

Ali Imran Syed, a reporter for Geo News, was reported missing in Karachi on October 23 after a suspected abduction. He was found safe after 22 hours.…

Eight media workers were roughed up, assaulted or detained by the police on 24 October in the Angolan capital Luanda while covering a demonstration…

Security forces attacked journalists and prevented them from covering protests in Sudan’s capital Khartoum on 21 October. The International Federation…

Pakistani authorities suspended satellite transmission of television channel News24HD from October 19 after it allegedly aired an opposition party…

Pakistani authorities suspended satellite transmission of television channel News24HD from October 19 after it allegedly aired an opposition party…