News and Press Releases

African Journalists' union leaders meeting in Dakar, Senegal, condemned in the strongest terms the closing down of the Internet in an increasing…

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…

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) under the Union to Union Project held a two – day workshop from 30 – 31 January in Dakar, Senegal…

The IFJ has backed calls by the Union of Bulgarian Journalists (UBJ) to scrap a proposed new law which they claim would spell the end of media…

La Federación Internacional de Periodistas (FIP) se solidariza con la Federación de Periodistas de América Latina Caribe (FEPALC) y su afiliado…

Ziad al-Sharaabi, a cameraman working for Abu Dhabi TV, was killed in a bomb attack on Monday in a restaurant located in Yemen’s port city of Mokha.…

Chinese journalist, Liu Feiyue has been sentenced to five years in jail for inciting subversion and publishing article opposed to the socialist…

Journalists in Jammu and Kashmir, India, have been attacked and blocked from covering events in recent days, raising questions about press freedom and…

Seven journalists and media staff working for local television NRT were attacked and detained for several hours on Saturday, January 26, while…

A controversial bill has been introduced in Hong Kong this month that would make disrespecting the Chinese national anthem a crime punishable by up to…

Sri Lanka journalist Rahul Samantha Hettiarachchi was obstructed from reporting on a protest on January 23, 2019 in Habmantota, southern Sri Lanka.…

A founder of the Alliance of Independent Journalists (AJI Indonesia), senior BBC journalist Ging Ginanjar, died aged 54 on Sunday, January 20. Ging…

The National Union of Journalists of Ukraine (NUJU), an IFJ affiliate, has recorded 86 attacks against media workers in 2018. The IFJ joins its…

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…

Les Fédérations internationale et européenne des journalistes (FIJ/FEJ) et leurs affiliés français (SNJ, SNJ-CGT et CFDT-journalistes) saluent…

Yang Hengjun, an Australian writer, democracy advocate and former Chinese diplomat, was detained by security agents when he arrived at Guangzhou…