The National Union of Journalists (NUJ) shone the spotlight on media under fire at a webinar on May 16 which heard from journalists from Ukraine and Yemen and the legal team supporting the IFJ's complaint to the International Criminal Court over Israel's systematic targeting of Palestinian media workers.

TV Journalist Violetta Tovkes was attacked by an unknown man in the middle of a live broadcast on 28 November, resulting in severe damage to her equipment. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), the European Federation of Journalists (EFJ), and its affiliate, the National Union of Journalists of Ukraine (NUJU) condemn these acts and...

IFJ affiliates around the world have taken key actions in support of media workers amid the Covid-19 pandemic.

TV channel NewsOne journalist Tetiana Sivokon was physically attacked on 24 March by a shop owner while shooting a story about the sale of protective medical masks, The International and European Federation of Journalists (IFJ and EF) recall the press freedom right of covering news on Covid-19.

On 7 January 2019, Federico Marconi and Paolo Marchetti, an Italian journalist and a photographer both working for the Italian weekly magazine Espresso, were attacked by members of two neo-fascist groups, Avanguardia Nazionale and Forza Nuova. The two journalists were near the Verano monumental cemetery in Rome to cover the event organized by...

By EFJ President, Mogens Blicher Bjerregård