News and Press Releases

The International Federation of Journalists has joined a coalition of international organisations to call on the prime minister of Iraq, Mr. Adil…

The Hong Kong government’s use of colonial era emergency regulations to prohibit face coverings in protests adds another hurdle for press freedom for…

La Federación Internacional de Periodistas (FIP) se solidariza con lxs trabajadorxs de prensa y con el pueblo ecuatoriano ante la violencia desatada…

Several media offices were attacked and stormed by masked armed men in Baghdad on Saturday 5 October in the evening amid the violent protests in Iraq.…

MISE A JOUR 08.10.2019 Le 22 septembre, le journaliste Sofiane Merakchi du média Al-Mayadeen a été arrêté. Le même jour, lors de manifestations à…

El ayuntamiento de Madrid anunció el pasado 29 de septiembre el cierre de la radio local M21, dejando a sus trece trabajadores en una situación de…

They told you precarious work in digital media is inevitable... But it's not!

Russian journalist Yulia Yuzik was arrested yesterday in her hotel room in the Iranian capital Teheran. The International and European Federations of…

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…

Nepali journalist and union leader Ajaya Babu Shiwakoti has been the subject of a campaign of threats and surveillance since the publishing of an…

In another dire week for media in Hong Kong, one journalist was seriously injured by a projectile fired from a police shotgun and others were…

The Phnom Penh Municipal Court has deferred a verdict in the espionage trial of two former Radio Free Asia (RFA) journalists and controversially…

Four journalists have been arrested as part of a wave of attacks against press freedom and freedom of information in Egypt in recent days. The…

Several journalists were attacked by a group of Sarajevo Football club fans on 27 September. The International and European Federations of Journalists…

On October 2, 2018, at 1:14 PM, the Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi entered the Saudi consulate in Istanbul. He never came out alive.

Pakistan news outlets ARY News and AAJ News have reportedly terminated the jobs of 150 journalists, justifying the mass lay-offs as part of a…