News and Press Releases

Western Australia (WA) police have demanded that the Australian Broadcast Corporation (ABC) hand over footage filmed for a documentary program…

[UPDATED 23.10.2023] At least four Israeli journalists were killed on 7 October, during Hamas' attack on southern Israel. Among the hostages confirmed…

Pakistan’s government has declared that all unregistered Afghan refugees must leave the country by November 1 or face deportation, raising concerns…

Ali Kişmir, the President of the Cyprus Turkish Journalists' Union (Basin-Sen), an affiliate of the International and the European Federations of…

At the plenary session in Strasbourg, the European Parliament (EP) adopted on 3 October, with an overwhelming majority, (448 votes in favour, 102…

In an open letter, seventy journalists from the media outlets Libertatea and Gazeta Sporturilor have accused Ringier Media Group of editorial…

New legislation presented to Sri Lanka’s Parliament on October 2 has been criticised as impacting freedom of expression and information in online…

The offices of news outlet NewsClick and the residences of several journalists were raided by Delhi authorities on October 3, with founder Prabir…

The Managing Editor of state-owned New Era newspaper, Johnathan Beukes, was suspended from work on 2 October after publishing an editorial critical of…

Muhammad Khalid Jamil, the bureau chief of Ausaf Broadcast Network (ABN) News, was granted bail On September 29, after a September 23 decision placed…

“You have the support of hundreds of thousands of journalists all over the world”, IFJ Vice President Zuliana Lainez told striking Mexican journalists…

To mark International Podcast Day, celebrated on 30 September, the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) takes a tour all around the world to…

Student journalists working with university publication The Democrat were subject to harassment, summoning, and ‘red-tagging’ from members of the…

On the occasion of the International Day for Universal Access to Information, celebrated on 28 September, the IFJ calls on governments across the…

The Afghan National journalists Union (ANJU) surveyed 433 journalists working in all parts of the country, collecting opinions in both quantifiable…