News and Press Releases

UPDATED 26.08.21 As the Taliban now control the country, the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliates have called on…

Keerthi Ratnayake, a journalist affiliated with Lanka e News, was arrested on August 14 by Sri Lanka’s government and accused of providing…

Recent studies by the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) indicate large-scale forced dismissals of journalists from Pakistani media houses…

Help the IFJ design new training modules for journalists! Take part in the IFJ/ILO survey on needs assessment in reporting migration and forced…

UPDATED 25.08.21 As G7 leaders convene today, 24 August, to discuss evacuation efforts in Afghanistan over 50 civil society organisations, including…

A group of media support organisations, including the IFJ, has called on the Media Freedom Coalition (MFC) of governments to commit and take immediate…

Sithu Aung Myint, a political analyst for Voice of America and Frontier Myanmar, and BBC Media Action senior producer Htet Htet Khine, were arrested…

The Maldives Journalists Association (MJA), the Maldives affiliate of the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) launches its report entitled…

Armed Taliban militants raided the house of Zalmai Lotfi, the head of Enikaas TV, on August 20. The International Federation of Journalists and 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…

El comunicador se encontraba circulando por el área de Potrerillo, en el municipio de Ixtaczoquitlán, cuando fue interceptado y baleado. Flores había…

South Korea’s Culture, Sports and Tourism Committee of the National Assembly have introduced amendments to the Press Arbitration Act, that include…

Radio Television Afghanistan (RTA) news anchor Khadija Amin and news presenter Shabnam Dawran were removed from their posts and taken off air by the…

"We had one instance of a family being threatened and told the only way they would be left in peace is if their daughter - a journalist - married the…

On August 17, tabloid editor Gwenn Salamida was shot dead by a robber in her recently opened salon in Quezon City. The International Federation of…

Luego del terremoto del sábado 14 de agosto y las tormentas de los últimos días, Haití enfrenta una enorme crisis humanitaria debido a las más de 2100…