News and Press Releases

Exiled Afghan journalist Mohammad Tahir Sadid has been detained in Islamabad by local police, with some reports alleging a ransom was elicited for his…

The body of journalist Abdur Rauf Alamgir has been found floating in a river in the Indian state of Assam on June 26, after reports emerged of his…

La décision de placer à la tête du Journal du dimanche (JDD) un ancien directeur d'un hebdomadaire d'extrême droite relance le débat sur…

A combination of unconstitutional legislation signed by the Tunisian President and administrative orders pushed by the Speaker of the Parliament and…

EU governments want to authorise the spying of journalists and their sources on vague grounds of “national security”. The International and European…

Journalist Reza Shahir was reportedly detained by the Taliban for two days while returning to Afghanistan from Iran to renew his passport. The…

Le 20 juin, le journaliste Ziad El-Heni, cofondateur du Syndicat national des journalistes tunisiens (SNJT), a été détenu pendant 48 heures par les…

Women politicians too rarely make the headlines in political coverage and when they do they are often subject to sexism and stereotypes.

In an important win for regional journalists in the Philippines, the National Labour Relations Commission (NLRC) of the Philippines has ordered…

Myanmar’s military junta has arbitrarily revoked the license of independent media outlet The Ayeyarwaddy Times in its latest crackdown on dissent. The…

La Federación Internacional de Periodistas expresa su más profunda preocupación ante el accionar de las fuerzas de seguridad que resultaron en un…

On 19 June, journalist Hazem Nasser, cameraman for Al-Ghad TV channel, was shot at and wounded, despite wearing a vest labelled ‘press’, during a raid…

Pakistani authorities have registered sedition cases against four journalists based abroad for their alleged role in inciting unrest across Pakistan…

On 5 June, Yemeni journalist Fahd Al Arhabi was arrested and jailed by the Houthi security services in Amran city, in western central Yemen. The…

The International and European Federations of Journalists (IFJ-EFJ) joined the undersigned international media freedom organisations in expressing…

In a seminar held on 13 June, the Syrian Journalists’ Union (SJU) highlighted 68 violations of media and journalists’ rights documented in their…