News and Press Releases

Two Afghan journalists, Ali Akbar Khairkhwa and Jamaluddin Deldar, have reportedly disappeared from Kabul, with their whereabouts unknown since May…

The 31st World Congress of the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) will take place from 31 May -3 June 2022 in Muscat, Oman. Over 250…

Según cifras registradas por organizaciones colombianas, los amenazas a periodistas y medios de comunicación crecieron en un 59% en los primeros cinco…

A parliament minister has brought defamation charges under Timor Leste’s Penal Code against journalist Francisco Belo Simões da Costa, following…

In a further harsh restriction to Afghanistan’s media, the Taliban have issued a decree instructing all women television anchors and broadcast…

The newly appointed IFJ Gender Council meeting will convene in Oman on 31 May from 4 to 6.30.

Click on the links below to download the IFJ Congress Oman 2022 agenda.

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), Palestinian Journalists Syndicate (PJS) and International Center of Justice for Palestinians (ICJP)…

Multiple media workers were attacked during protests by members of political party Pakistan Tehreek e Insaf (PTI) on May 25 and 26 in several cities…

Local and international media access was heavily restricted at the Chinese foreign minister’s visit to Solomon Islands on May 26, with only select…

Journalist Maung Maung Myo has been arrested and charged by Myanmar’s military junta under the nation’s Counter-Terrorism Law. The International…

Hong Kong journalist, Eric Wu Ka-Fai, was sentenced to 1 month in prison for disorderly behaviour at West Kowloon Magistrates Court on May 23. The…

Following the arrest of photojournalist Mohammed Fawzi on Monday 16 May, a total of 26 journalists remain imprisoned in Egypt, according to the IFJ.…

Nine journalists and media workers working for Nisir International Corporation and Ashara, both Youtube Channels in Ethiopia’s northern Amhara region,…

On Friday 27 May, at 10am, the International Federation of Journalists will join the ICJP's international press conference at Doughty Street Chambers,…

Journalist Subhash Kumar Mahto was shot dead near his home in Sakho village in the Begusarai district of Bihar on the evening of May 20, allegedly for…