News and Press Releases

Journalist Shivshankar Jha was fatally stabbed on June 25 in Bihar’s northwest, with Jha’s family claiming the killing was coordinated by an organised…

En Chiapas, en el sur del país, el director del portal de noticias “Realidades” fue hallado sin vida y con signos de violencia. La Federación…

Tribrata TV journalist Sempurna Pasaribu and three members of his family were tragically killed on June 27 in a fire at their home in Karo Regency,…

El periodista y comunicador comunitario Jorge Méndez Pardo fue asesinado en el departamento Norte de Santander, donde desarrollaba una labor de…

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…

The latest edition of the “Media Pluralism Monitor” (MPM2024) shows alarming alarming threats to media pluralism across Europe.

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) welcomes Julian Assange’s release on 24 June as a significant victory for media freedom. The…

A number of journalists have been attacked and brutalised by the police while covering a nationwide protest in Nairobi, the capital of Kenya, on 25…

Precious Eze Chukunonso, a journalist and the publisher of News Platform, an online newspaper, was arrested on 27 May in his home in Gbagada, Lagos,…

Julian Assange’s freedom has been won after many years of campaigning by the IFJ and our affiliates.

The daily edition of the Greek newspaper Avgi, was shut down, on 26 June, by SYRIZA, its main stakeholder, 72 years since its first publication came…

In response to the EU sanctions against Russian media that were approved in June 2024, Russia’s Foreign Ministry has announced that it is banning 81…

On 26 June, the International and the European Federations of Journalists (IFJ-EFJ) will join their affiliates in Spain (FAPE, FeSP, FSC-CCOO, ELA,…

The International and European Federation of Journalists (IFJ-EFJ), together with the International Press Institute (IPI) wrote a letter to the…

The Council of Global Unions (CGU) LGBTI Coordinating Committee, of which the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) is part, will host the…

The IFJ Executive Committee adopted motion on the trial for the murder of Greek journalist Giorgos Karaivaz at its meeting in London on 20 and 21 June…