News and Press Releases

France: Threats against investigative journalist for revelations about illegal financing in the Central African Republic

On 29 June, as journalist Thomas Dietrich was about to publish an investigation entitled "When Macron protects Marine Le Pen's financier" for online…

France: Les exactions de l'armée israélienne contre les journalistes ne peuvent rester impunies

Le « Gaza Project », une enquête sur la mort de plus de cent journalistes à Gaza, en Cisjordanie et au Sud-Liban (1), aboutit à un « constat glaçant :…

Europe: Study reveals alarming deterioration of media pluralism

The latest edition of the “Media Pluralism Monitor” (MPM2024) shows alarming alarming threats to media pluralism across Europe.

UK: Assange's release is a massive boost for free speech

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) welcomes Julian Assange’s release on 24 June as a significant victory for media freedom. The…

Greece: Daily edition of Avgi Newspaper abruptly shut down

The daily edition of the Greek newspaper Avgi, was shut down, on 26 June, by SYRIZA, its main stakeholder, 72 years since its first publication came…

Spain: New appeal launched for the release of journalist Pablo González

On 26 June, the International and the European Federations of Journalists (IFJ-EFJ) will join their affiliates in Spain (FAPE, FeSP, FSC-CCOO, ELA,…

UK: IFJ representatives meet in London for their Annual General Meeting and Executive Committee

The Annual General Meeting of the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) is taking place on 19 June in London, bringing together IFJ…

Ukraine: Two Russian journalists killed within three days in occupied Donetsk region

Two Russian journalists have been killed in separate incidents in Russia's occupied Donetsk region in eastern Ukraine. Journalist of News.ru, Nikita…

#EU: First workshop on diversity and inclusion

Join our first online discussions for a respectful and effective news coverage, mindful of gender and inclusion to be held on 17 June from 10am - 1 pm…

Montenegro: Alarming last-minute changes to the draft Law on National Public Broadcasting

The International and European Federations of Journalists (IFJ-EFJ) and their affiliate, the Trade Union of Media of Montenegro (TUMM), sent a letter…

France: Soutien Motaz Azaiza pour le prix liberté

En février 2024 les jurés du prix Liberté – organisé par la région Normandie en France ont désigné le photojournaliste palestinien Motaz Azaiza comme…

Greece: Rethinking journalistic practices for a gender-responsive political coverage

IFJ Greek affiliate JUADN held a two-day training seminar on "Gender equality in the public and political discourse" on 31 May. This training is part…

Serbia: Journalists face SLAPP lawsuits from Serbia's senior judge

Belgrade Court of Appeal’s most senior judge, Dušanka Đorđević, has filed two lawsuits against KRIK investigative media journalists Bojana Pavlović…

Croatia: Supreme court decision violates' union leaders' employment rights

A Croatian Supreme Court decision published on 16 May said the extraordinary dismissal in 2018 of Hrvoje Zovko, president of the Croatian Journalists'…

Belarus: Authorities confiscate exiled journalist’s property, search journalists' union leader apartment

On 20 May, state media informed that an apartment belonging to journalist Dzmitry Kazakevich will be confiscated and sold as "sanctions compensation".…

Italy: IFJ signs call to protect media freedom

In a letter to the Vice-President of the European Commission’s Commissioner for Values and Transparency Věra Jourová, the International and European…

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