News and Press Releases

Eduardo Dizon, an anchor working for the Brigada News FM radio was shot dead on 10th July when he was driving home after hosting his daily news…

A military court in Somalia on 8th July made public its ruling of 1st November, 2018, convicting policeman Ahmed Nur of murdering Abdirisak Qasim…

The Turkish Journalists’ Union (TGS), member of the International and European Federation of Journalists (IFJ and EFJ), is taking legal action against…

Two journalists in Pakistan, Shaikh Rizwan and Bashir Malik, were physically attacked in two separate incidents. The International Federation of…

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has backed its affiliate, the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA), in calling for an independent…

Myanmar’s military has launched legal action against three local journalists following their reporting of a farmer protest in the Kayah State capital,…

Egyptian media company Al-Tahrir is in danger after its website was blocked for unknown reasons and could be insolvent within two months, according to…

Palestinian Prime Minister, Mohammad Shtayyeh, today committed to work on improving journalists’ safety and fighting against impunity following a…

Journalist Vadym Komarov died in the early hours of 20th June, a few weeks after he was attacked and left in coma in May in the city of Cherkasy,…

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) today joined the call for the release of Gaspar Matalaev, a Turkmen journalist working for…

El 12 de junio fue asesinado por sicarios el periodista y locutor de la emisora comunitaria Samaniego Estéreo, del departamento de Nariño. El crimen…

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…

El periodista Rospide Petion fue atacado por personas armadas y asesinado a balazos el día 10 de junio, cuando conducía a su domicilio luego de…

Journalist Mohammad Tawfiq al-Saghir was arrested in Syria on 4 May, allegedly by an armed group controlling the north-east of Syria. The…

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…