News and Press Releases

Mohammed Rizvi Maharoof was released following a week-long detention, after his arrest under the Prevention of Terrorism Act in late May. The…

La Mauritanie devient ce vendredi 31 mai le sixième pays à signer la Déclaration sur la liberté de la presse dans le monde arabe, en présence du…

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…

The Sudanese authorities have closed Al-Jazeera's office in Khartoum and withdrawn the work permits of all its staff members, the TV channel said. The…

Despite a court ordering his release on 21st May, Al-Jazeera journalist Mahmoud Hussein is still being held in Egypt after the authorities launched a…

Representatives of parliaments, regulatory authorities, civil sector and public service media in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro,…

The International and European Federations of Journalists (IFJ-EFJ) join their Norwegian affiliate Norsk Journalistlag in condemning the US…

The IFJ has welcomed news that the "illegal" search warrants issued against two journalists are to be quashed.

A black banner referring to the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP) and other activist groups as allies of the ‘terrorist NPA’ was…

A journalist with local television station Channel Mandalay was arrested covering a protest at a cement factory on May 15. He remains in police…

Beijing-based citizen journalist Xie Qiang was arrested on April 27 for ‘picking quarrels and stirring up trouble’ and has not been heard from since.…

The Hong Kong government has tabled a bill to the Legislative Council, to amend the Fugitive Offenders Ordinance, which allows the transfer of…

The Macau government’s proposed Civil Protection Law which has been sent to the Legislative Assembly for discussions could have serious implications…

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…

Yesterday a Sky News team from the United Kingdom was attacked with tank shells by Syrian regime's forces in a deliberate shelling in Idlib, the…