News and Press Releases

At the beginning of the war in Ukraine and the bombing of major cities the IFJ and the EFJ launched a special Safety Fund to support journalists in…

A London court has backed journalist Chris Mullin's appeal against a police order for him to reveal his sources, in a major victory for media freedom.…

Every week the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) is compiling a list of the top news articles from across the world in which it is…

Paris, 17 March 2022 – Today UNESCO announced new emergency measures to protect journalists in Ukraine, to help displaced Ukrainian journalist unions…

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) partners in calling on European Union Member States to set…

Fox News camera operator Pierre Zakrzewski and Ukrainian producer and fixer Oleksandra Kuvshynova, also known as Sasha, were killed on 14 March while…

The British Supreme Court has denied Julian Assange permission to appeal the decision to extradite him to the United States, where his life would be…

The Russian authorities arrested on 14 March journalist Marina Ovsyannikova, an editor with the Russian television channel Channel One following her…

Fox News reporter Benjamin Hall was attacked and seriously injured on 14 March while reporting on the outskirts of Kyiv. The International and…

Every week the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) is compiling a list of the top news articles from across the world in which it is…

After more than a week of bombings, air strikes and gun battles, Russia’s war in Ukraine is intensifying.

A solidarity mission carrying half a ton of humanitarian aid for Ukrainian journalists left Athens on 9 March, headed by Maria Antoniadou, the…

On Monday 28 February, the Spanish journalist Pablo Gonzalez was arrested in the south-western Polish city of Rzeswów, accused of being “an agent of…

Every week the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) is compiling a list of the top news articles from across the world in which it is…

NUJ members at RTÉ gathered in Dublin on March 3 to express solidarity with the people of Ukraine and to highlight the plight of media workers under…