News and Press Releases

Friday 17 April marked one year since the adoption by the European Union (EU) of the Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market. World…

Tongam Rina, the associate editor of The Arunachal Times has been the target of online trolling, and threats of physical violence in several online…

Hong Kong’s media industry must urgently adapt to the unprecedented circumstances as a result of Covid-19 and an overall decline in turnover to avoid…

La Federación Nacional de Periodistas del Ecuador (FENAPE) está llevando a cabo diversas acciones de apoyo y asesoramiento a periodistas afectados/as…

The United Services Union (Ver.di) and the International Federation of Journalists have backed calls for measures to cushion the impact of the…

Kayvan Samimi, editor in Chief of Iran Farda magazine, has been sentenced in absentia to five years in prison. The International Federation of…

The Trade Union of Croatian Journalists (TUCJ) and the Croatian Journalists Association (CJA) urged the government “to save journalism” by taking…

French “pigiste” journalists - journalists paid a monthly retainer and additional fees for each job - have won new protections thanks to the work of…

Media in New Zealand is to receive up to NZ$50m in support to help cover journalists’ salaries, avoid job losses and sustain ailing media during the…

The Journalists’ Union of the Athens Daily Newspapers (JUADN) has launched a TV and radio campaign spot in support of journalists, media pluralism and…

Police in Srinagar filed separate First Information Reports (FIR) against Kashmiri photojournalist Masrat Zahra and journalist Gowhar Geelani and…

Chechen Governor Ramzan Kadyrov has threatened Russian journalist Elena Milashina for reporting about a shortage of protective equipment amongst…

A politician has accused media workers who shared a story on the alleged misappropriation of Covid-19 relief rice in Bangladesh of breaching the…

Nepal has been under a countrywide lockdown since March 24 but for most journalists 'working from home' is not a privilege available to them.

UPDATE 23.04.2020 Voice of America (VOA) reporter Mukhtar Mohamed Atosh was arrested by police on 20 April in Baidoa for reporting on the death of a…

After years of industrial conflict, Jang and Geo employees continue to work without pay. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its…