News and Press Releases

Just days before the anniversary of her husband’s death, Liu Xia, wife of Liu Xiaobo has been granted permission to travel to Germany for medical…

The IFJ has condemned an attack by the Chinese embassy in Stockholm against a Swedish Taiwan-based journalist Jojje Olsson and one of the newspaper he…

On July 06, 2018, six journalists and columnists have been heavily sentenced to prison by a court in Istanbul for alleged membership to an armed…

Leaders and representatives of journalists’ unions in Eastern and Central Regions convened in Kigali, Rwanda, on 5-6 July 2018, for a Regional…

After almost seven months in detention, earlier today, a court in Myanmar charged two Reuters journalists with obtaining secret state documents. The…

On 3 July, a new media law was approved in Russia that will have as a consequence that independent journalists who publish their work in media will be…

The IFJ today lent support to calls from its affiliate in Yemen, the Yemeni Journalists’ Syndicate (YJS), on the Houthis group to a quick release of…

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has applauded the adoption today of a European Parliament resolution calling on the Somali…

On Monday, July 2, Nauru President Baron Waqa announced that it would block the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) from covering the upcoming…

Following an investigation by the New York Times over Chinese ownership of a Sri Lanka port, Sri Lankan lawmakers have taken aim at two local NYT…

The IFJ backed calls by its affiliate NUSOJ for the authorities in Somaliland to stop the persecution of independent journalists following the arrest…

The Newsletter features a round-up of the latest activities and actions carried out by the IFJ across the world.