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Russian authorities detained on Wednesday 11 June hundreds of people, including at least 10 journalists, following a protest in Moscow in support of…

El día 11 de junio, Norma Sarabia Garduza fue asesinada en la puerta de su domicilio por hombres armados que le dispararon desde una motocicleta. Su…

Filipino journalist Fidelina Margarita Valle was arrested June 9, released nine hours later is a case of ‘mistaken identity’. The International…

As over a million people took to the streets of Hong Kong to protest the government’s controversial extradition bill on June 9, a number of…

From 21 to 30 June 2019, the second European Games will take place in Minsk, the capital city of Belarus. The Belarusian Association of Journalists…

El 30º Congreso Mundial de la Federación Internacional de Periodistas (FIP) tendrá lugar del 11 al 14 de junio en Túnez. Más de 300 delegados en…

A new report by the Uyghur Human Rights Project documents the detention of at least 58 journalists in the Xinjiang region in China. The International…

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

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…

Journalists were attacked and social media was blocked, as protests broke out in central Jakarta on May 22. The International Federation of…

The European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) and the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joined their affiliate, the Journalists’ Union of…

Turkish Journalist Yavuz Selim Demirag was violently attacked by a group of unidentified men armed with baseball bats on May 10 in Ankara. The…

Mina Mangal, a former television presenter who is now working as parliamentary adviser, was shot in broad daylight Saturday, May 11, morning in Kabul.…

The Duterte Administration in the Philippines has named several journalists and media organisations as part of an alleged plot to overthrow his…

As India goes to the polls, attacks on journalists in the state of West Bengal were reported on Monday, May 6. The International Federation of…