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Ahead of the one-year anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine on February 24, Xhemajl Rexha, president of the Association of Journalists of…

Maldivian journalists Hassan Shaheed and Ahmed Misbaah were assaulted by police on February 6 while reporting on a protest against the sentencing of…

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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…

UPDATED 14.02.23 As the Islamic Republic of Iran celebrates the 44th anniversary of its proclamation on 11 February 2023, dozens of journalists are…

Mortaza Behboudi, a French-Afghan journalist living in France, was arrested on 7 January in Kabul, two days after arriving in Afghanistan, as he was…

Ahead of the one-year anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine on February 24, IFJ Deputy General Secretary Jeremy Dear, who is co-ordinating…

UPDATED 10.02.23 Hrodna Regional Court sentenced Polish-Belarusian journalist Andrzej Poczobut to eight years in prison, on 8 February 2023. The…

The German media group RTL, part of Bertelsmann, announced on 7 February 2023 its decision to stop the publication of 23 print magazines and to…

Maharashtra-based journalist Shashikant Warishe has been killed by a local realty broker hours after releasing a report alleging the broker had…

El hecho sucedió el viernes 3 de febrero en Laboule 12, en la comuna de Pétionville, cuando el periodista se dirigía junto a su familia a un funeral.…

Siddique Kappan, a senior journalist who was held in custody for 28 months, was released on bail on February 2. The International Federation of…

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) today published its full annual report on journalists and media staff killed in 2022. The 32nd…

With unions grappling to address the challenges posed by digital media and striving to prove their worth to a new generation of journalists, the IFJ,…

Charges against BOL TV anchor Imran Riaz Khan for comments critical of state institutions and the Pakistan administration have been dismissed by a…

Business tycoon and owner of L’Anecdote media group, Jean Pierre Amougou Belinga, was arrested “at dawn” on 6 February, in connection with the…

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…