News and Press Releases

Nepali journalist and union leader Ajaya Babu Shiwakoti has been the subject of a campaign of threats and surveillance since the publishing of an…

In another dire week for media in Hong Kong, one journalist was seriously injured by a projectile fired from a police shotgun and others were…

The Phnom Penh Municipal Court has deferred a verdict in the espionage trial of two former Radio Free Asia (RFA) journalists and controversially…

Four journalists have been arrested as part of a wave of attacks against press freedom and freedom of information in Egypt in recent days. The…

Several journalists were attacked by a group of Sarajevo Football club fans on 27 September. The International and European Federations of Journalists…

On October 2, 2018, at 1:14 PM, the Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi entered the Saudi consulate in Istanbul. He never came out alive.

El Nuevo Diario, el segundo periódico más importante de Nicaragua, anunció el viernes 27 de septiembre el fin de su publicación debido a las presiones…

Multiple media violations against journalists were recorded during the fourth round of Afghanistan’s presidential elections on Saturday, September 28.…

The National Television and Radio broadcasting council of Ukraine, the media regulatory authority, has revoked all digital licences granted to…

Journalists covering student protests in cities across Indonesia were attacked by police in a series of brutal incidents on September 24. The…

Dandhy Dwi Laksono, a journalist filmmaker for WatchDoc, was arrested on September 26 and charged under Indonesia’s controversial Information and…

Online and broadcast journalists in the Philippines will have greater ability to protect their sources following an expansion of the country’s…

The IFJ was at the UN Human Rights Council's 42nd session in Geneva this week. Together with its affiliate the National Union of Somali Journalists…

A la veille de la Journée internationale de l'accès universel à l'information (JIAUI) du 28 septembre, la Fédération internationale des journalistes…

The Chinese government is about to launch a compulsory loyalty exam that all journalists in the nation have to take before applying or renewing their…