News and Press Releases

Unions say life-saving news needs support

With jobs being axed, titles closed, newsrooms reduced to skeletal staffs and journalists left unpaid and unprotected unions are leading demands for…

Covid-19 ravages Kenya’s media industry

"Just a month after the first coronavirus case was confirmed in Kenya, three leading media houses have effected between 20 and 30 per cent pay cut for…

Cambodia: Parliament approves “state emergency” law amid the pandemic

Cambodia’s national assembly has approved a state emergency law on Friday, April 10 that will give the government powers to monitor communications,…

Malaysia: Authorities implement ‘stern action’ against online media

Authorities in Malaysia have been instructed to take action against online media publishing inaccurate and misleading news. The International…

Jordan: Two media executives arrested following broadcasting of virus complaints

Jordanian authorities arrested the general director and the owner of Roya TV, the country's main private television station , following the airing of…

Australia: Regional media offered Covid-19 lifeline

The Australian federal government has announced almost $100-million support package for regional journalism, including tax relief for television and…

Australia: High Court overturns search warrant on journalist’s home

The High Court has thrown out the warrant used by the Australian Federal Police officers to search the home of a News Corporation journalist in June…

Hong Kong: News outlet accused of breaching one-China principle

The English news program, Radio Television Hong Kong (RTHK) was criticised by the Hong Kong government after a reporter asked a World Health…

France : Google devra négocier la rémunération due aux éditeurs et auteurs de contenus de presse en vertu du droit voisin

Les Fédérations internationale et européenne des journalistes (FIJ/FEJ) et leurs affiliés en France, le SNJ, le SNJ-CGT et la CFDT-Journalistes,…

Somalia: government recognises media as essential service in the Fight Against COVID – 19

The National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) has called on the Federal Government of Somalia on 12 April to classify the media as essential…

COVID-19: 60 participants au webinaire de la FIJ sur la sécurité des journalistes

En présence de 60 participants issus du Monde arabe et du Moyen Orient, la FIJ a piloté le 9 avril un séminaire en ligne sur la sécurité des…

Pakistan: Second post-mortem report reveals Aziz Memon murdered

The second post-mortem report of the slain journalist Aziz Memon indicates that he was murdered. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and…

FAJ calls for heightened protection for frontline journalists and improvement of their conditions of work amid COVID-19 tragedy

The Federation of African Journalists (FAJ), the Pan-African regional organisation of the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), salutes and…

México: asesinan al periodista Victor Fernando Álvarez Chávez

El trabajador de prensa había denunciado amenazas y permanecía desaparecido desde el 8 de abril pasado. La Federación Internacional de Periodistas…

Pakistan: Union secures Punjab Covid-19 relief package

Journalists union leaders in Pakistan have negotiated a Covid-19 relief package in Punjab which will ensure compensation for those who contract the…

Pakistan: PFUJ urges reversal of decision to close AAP News

Hundreds of media workers in Pakistan have been left jobless following the sudden closure of AAP news.

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