News and Press Releases

This yearʼs World Book and Copyright Day – celebrated on 23 April – comes at a crucial point in the conflict between authors and the internet giants…

IFJ in the news

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…

Hong Kong’s largest journalist union, the Hong Kong Journalists Association (HKJA), has announced to members that it will hold a special meeting to…

Television presenter Moheb Jalili was beaten and abducted by Taliban militants on April 17 and reporter Reza Shahir was detained by the Taliban on…

On April 4, Bhutan’s Ministry of Agriculture and Forests issued a compulsory retirement order to two of its staff after they were seen speaking with…

Ce 20 avril 2022, la justice britannique  se penchera à nouveau sur le sort de Julian Assange, le fondateur de WikiLeaks, traqué, emprisonné, torturé…

Karine Barzegar is a journalist and member of the National Bureau of the National Union of Journalists (SNJ) in France. Since mid-August 2021, she,…

Since the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan, the IFJ has received thousands of requests for assistance from journalists and media workers on the…

Con este arresto ya son cuatro las personas que están vinculadas a proceso por el crimen de Jacinto Romero, periodista que murió tras recibir varios…

Solidarity centers just launched by the National Union of Journalists of Ukraine (NUJU), with the support of the International and European…

Journalist Mohiuddin Sarkar Nayem was allegedly shot dead by drug dealers near the border with India in Cumilla city on 13 April. The International…

Somaliland police arrested 16 journalists and raided the headquarters of Horn Cable TV on 13 April. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ)…

Journalist Thanasis Koukakis was allegedly spied on by a new surveillance software named Predator for at least three months, a report revealed. The…

The Yemeni Journalists Syndicate (YJS) has documented 20 violations of press freedom in the country between 1 January and 31 March 2022, ranging from…

Phan Bui Bao Thy was sentenced on April 7 by the People’s Court of Quảng Trị to one year of mandatory ‘re-education’ classes for alleged defamation.…

Le 11 avril, Allan Au, journaliste et professeur à l’université, a été arrêté par la police chargée de la sécurité nationale de Hong Kong en vertu de…