News and Press ReleasesUkraine: journalists’ union rejects new controversial bill aimed at disinformation 23 Jan 2020 On January 20, the Ukrainian Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports unveiled a draft law on combating disinformation and regulating media activity. …Indonesia: US journalist arrested for alleged visa violation 23 Jan 2020 Philip Jacobson, an editor of environmental science website Mongabay, was arrested on January 21, 2020, on suspicion of “visa violations” in…Brasil: El Ministerio Público Federal (MPF) denuncia al periodista Glenn Greenwald por asociación criminal e interceptación telefónica 22 Jan 2020 Glenn Greenwald, periodista y cofundador del medio de investigación “The Intercept”, fue denunciado por la fiscalía este martes 21 de enero, acusado…Sri Lanka: Police refuse to file journalist death threat complaint 22 Jan 2020 Mulleriyawa Police in the Central Province of Sri Lanka refused on January 10 to record the death threat complaint of a court correspondent. The…Pakistan: Journalist sentenced to five years in prison 22 Jan 2020 The Anti-Terrorism Court of Pakistan convicted journalist Nasrullah Chaudhry for allegedly possessing banned literature and spreading religious…Somalia: Union appeals to president to veto law which threatens press freedom 21 Jan 2020 The draft bill for a controversial new media law, which includes draconian restrictions on press freedom, is set to be signed by President Mohamed…Taiwan: Reaffirming Taiwan’s press freedom 21 Jan 2020 Taiwan’s election result on January 11 delivered stronger hopes for press freedom and media independence in the country after incumbent Tsai Ing-wen…Hong Kong: Journalists intimidated and denied entry to Hong Kong 21 Jan 2020 While Hong Kong’s protests continued, so too did the attacks on journalists and press freedoms in late December and early January. The International…IFJ Safety Fund Testimonies: Sarhan Abukalloub, Palestine 20 Jan 2020 Sarhan Abukalloub (37) is a journalist and documentary film-maker born and raised in Gaza, Palestine. His work as a journalist in the small and…IFJ in the News! 17 Jan 2020 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…Italy: Outrage over Sanremo festival presenter’s sexist comments on public TV 17 Jan 2020 The presenter of the Italian Sanremo 2020 festival, broadcast by the Italian public television RAI, caused a wave of indignation in Italy after he…Liban: les forces de l'ordre agressent des journalistes couvrant les manifestations 17 Jan 2020 Plusieurs journalistes se sont fait agressés par les forces de l'ordre libanaises alors qu'ils couvraient les manifestations mercredi 15 janvier à…Press freedom groups welcome start of trial in Kuciak murder 17 Jan 2020 The undersigned international and regional press freedom and journalism groups welcome the start of the murder trial this week against the suspected…Iran: IFJ supports journalists who resigned over lack of editorial independence in state-media 17 Jan 2020 The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) today supported Iranian journalists who denounced interference with their editorial independence,…Indonesia: Journalist threatened at gun point in Aceh 17 Jan 2020 An online journalist was physically assaulted and threatened by gunpoint for his coverage of a transport company in Aceh on January 4. The…Egypt: Anadolu Agency journalists detained and held at an unknown location 16 Jan 2020 Egyptian police raided the office of the Turkish state-run news agency in Cairo on Tuesday. The next day it detained four staff members and their… Page 188 of 827. Previous 123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536373839404142434445464748495051525354555657585960616263646566676869707172737475767778798081828384858687888990919293949596979899100101102103104105106107108109110111112113114115116117118119120121122123124125126127128129130131132133134135136137138139140141142143144145146147148149150151152153154155156157158159160161162163164165166167168169170171172173174175176177178179180181182183184185186187188189190191192193194195196197198199200201202203204205206207208209210211212213214215216217218219220221222223224225226227228229230231232233234235236237238239240241242243244245246247248249250251252253254255256257258259260261262263264265266267268269270271272273274275276277278279280281282283284285286287288289290291292293294295296297298299300301302303304305306307308309310311312313314315316317318319320321322323324325326327328329330331332333334335336337338339340341342343344345346347348349350351352353354355356357358359360361362363364365366367368369370371372373374375376377378379380381382383384385386387388389390391392393394395396397398399400401402403404405406407408409410411412413414415416417418419420421422423424425426427428429430431432433434435436437438439440441442443444445446447448449450451452453454455456457458459460461462463464465466467468469470471472473474475476477478479480481482483484485486487488489490491492493494495496497498499500501502503504505506507508509510511512513514515516517518519520521522523524525526527528529530531532533534535536537538539540541542543544545546547548549550551552553554555556557558559560561562563564565566567568569570571572573574575576577578579580581582583584585586587588589590591592593594595596597598599600601602603604605606607608609610611612613614615616617618619620621622623624625626627628629630631632633634635636637638639640641642643644645646647648649650651652653654655656657658659660661662663664665666667668669670671672673674675676677678679680681682683684685686687688689690691692693694695696697698699700701702703704705706707708709710711712713714715716717718719720721722723724725726727728729730731732733734735736737738739740741742743744745746747748749750751752753754755756757758759760761762763764765766767768769770771772773774775776777778779780781782783784785786787788789790791792793794795796797798799800801802803804805806807808809810811812813814815816817818819820821822823824825826827 Next Load more