News and Press Releases

Retired journalist Tawfik Ghanem was arrested on 21 May for allegations of terrorism. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) denounces his…

The Slovak Supreme Court ruled on 15 June sided with the prosecutors who appealed against last summer’s acquittal of two accused in the murder of…

The Southern Transitional Council, an organisation that claims to rule most of the territory in southern Yemen, took over the control of Saba News…

Israeli police forcefully beat Al-Jazeera journalist Givara Budeiri on Saturday June 5 while she was covering the demonstrations in the…

Two Azerbaijani journalists and an official were killed today by a landmine explosion in the Kalbajar region, west of Nagorno-Karabakh. Four others…

Yemeni journalist Adnan Al -rajhi working for Belqees TV, a Yemeni media organization based in Turkey, was subjected to violence and forced into…

Desde el comienzo de la pandemia en Brasil, la Federación Nacional de Periodistas (FENAJ), junto con todos/as los/as trabajadores/as brasileños/as, ha…

Palestinian journalists have faced arbitrary censorship, a wave of hate speech and threats of violence online over the past three weeks according to a…

The National Union of Journalists (NUJ) in the UK and Ireland has made a "vital" contribution to the IFJ's Safety Fund which will enable significant…

Faezeh Momeni, a reporter working for Ruydad 24 news website in Tehran, was beaten by the guard of a state vaccination center on 18 May, while she was…

Palestinian journalist Yusef Abu Hussein was killed after the Israeli military bombed his house in the Sheikh Radwan neighborhood of Gaza, while…

Following recent attacks on media in Palestine, International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) affiliates across the world have expressed solidarity…

The Israeli military has intensified its targeted attacks against media offices in Gaza. On 13 May, Israeli forces bombed the Al-Shorouk Tower, which…

Media offices have been bombed and Palestinian and international journalists arrested, beaten and threatened by Israeli forces amid escalating…

Israeli police are assaulting, beating, and firing stun grenades at Palestinian media workers reporting on recent clashes between Palestinian…

El pasado 3 de Mayo, Día Mundial por la Libertad de Prensa, hallan asesinado al periodista Benjamín Morales Hernández, luego de que su familia…