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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…

Two people, including a Captain TV journalist were killed in a car accident at Kallankattupudur in Tamil Nadu on February 18. The IFJ is saddened on…

Swedish journalists, publishers and media jointly launched a petition on February 20, calling on China to release imprisoned Swedish writer and…

Chinese authorities have cancelled the press passes of three journalists from the Wall Street Journal and given them five days to leave the country in…

La tarde del pasado martes, la locutora de radio Teresa Aracely Alcocer fue asesinada a balazos en la colonia El Barreal, Ciudad Juárez. Trabajaba…

Thailand’s government announced plans on February 17 to reform media coverage to allow only one single state-run media outlet to cover so-called…

Mohammad Sadli Saleh, the chief editor of Liputanpersada.com was arrested for publishing an article covering alleged corruption connected to road…

International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) leaders convened on 16-17 February in an International conference in Doha, Qatar, to address social…

Kamran Yousuf, a multimedia journalist who works with Newsclick, was detained by Pulwana police late in the evening of February 16 and interrogated…

Former Hong Kong leader Leung Chun-ying has called for the sacking of the director of broadcasting for Hong Kong’s public broadcaster, Radio…

Australia’s Federal Court rejected the case put forward by Australia’s national broadcaster, the ABC challenging the legality of police warrants used…

Freelance radio and TV journalist, Abduwali Ali Hassan (25), was shot to death by unknown gunmen on February 16. The International Federation of…

More than 500 journalists gathered to protest threats to the survival of the largest television network in the Philippines, ABS-CBN, on February 14…

Aziz Memon, a journalist with Kawish Television Network (KTN) TV and Sindhi-language Daily Kawish was found dead in an irrigation waterway in…

Attacks on journalists and obstruction to reporting were documented in Bangladesh during the Dhaka North and South city elections on February 1. The…

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) will co-organise the international conference “Social Media: Challenges and Ways to Promote Freedoms…