News and Press Releases

Journalist and prominent government critic Aidos Sadykov died on July 2, after a shooting in Kyiv on June 18 left him comatose and hospitalised. The…

Earlier this year, China arrested two ethnic Kazakh journalists in the northwestern province of Xinjiang, while jailed journalist and activist Sophie…

The bravery and determination of women journalists will be recognised in a new annual prize awarded by the International Federation of Journalists…

Le « Gaza Project », une enquête sur la mort de plus de cent journalistes à Gaza, en Cisjordanie et au Sud-Liban (1), aboutit à un « constat glaçant :…

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…