International Federation of Journalists (IFJ)

Journalist Saif Tallal and cameraman Hassan al-Anbaki working for Sharqiya TV channel were shot dead on 12 January by some masked militiamen near Baquba, the capital of Diyala province in Iraq, on their way back from a professional mission covering violence in the Muqdadiyah area.

This statement was originally published on ifj.org on 7 January 2015. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), representing 600 000 journalists worldwide, has expressed its deep concerns today following the blocking of news web site al-Araby al-Jadeed and its English counterpart The New Arab, in Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Egypt. Al-Araby al-Jadeed and The […]

Civil society groups mark the anniversary of the Charlie Hebdo attack by calling on governments worldwide to fulfill their obligation to protect freedom of expression.

2015 has been another deadly year for journalists, according to the annual report published by the International Federation of Journalists.

Poland’s newly-elected government will be introducing a new law on public media in the coming months with the aim to exert more control on public service broadcasting media and to “repolonise” print media.

IFEX members call for an immediate investigation into spying operations in Romania incompatible with free and democratic society.

“Europe is facing a huge humanitarian crisis at the moment. Journalists like Khaja are taking a personal risk in order to tell the truth for our citizens and act as watchdogs to report on human rights abuses of refugees. The authority must allow journalists to do their jobs.”

“The judicial system seems to prosecute journalists more often than the accomplices of Daesh (Islamic State). Turkey is a great country, with democratic institutions and a very open civil society. We appeal to the government, as a matter of honour, to restore all the conditions of pluralism, starting with freedom for journalists.”

Sri Lanka has seen decades of abductions and disappearances by state security agencies. Campaigning against such repressive acts has also become part of the country’s political culture.

Six years since 58 people, including 32 journalists and media workers, were murdered in the Philippines, IFEX members continue to call for justice.

Each year, the IFJ Gender Council stands in solidarity with the UN Campaign to Eliminate Violence Against Women on 25 November by highlighting our campaign to eliminate violence against women journalists.

Sitiveni Moce, a photojournalist with the “Fiji Times” and “Fiji Sun” died from injuries sustained in the line of work as he covered the semi-civilian coup in Suva in 2000 and then again during the December 2006 coup.

The International Partnership Mission to Indonesia travelled to the country to meet with journalists, government and civil society representatives to review the media environment one year on since its first visit in December 2014. Significantly, it also conducted a fact-finding visit to Papua.

Members of the IFEX network and other concerned organisations demand justice for wrongful imprisonment of Mohammed Ismael Rasaool

Detectives served an order obtained from a judge on the BBC and Secunder Kermani, a Newsnight reporter who has produced extensive reports on jihadis born in Britain. It is understood that the police wanted to read communications between Kermani and a man who had publicly identified himself as a member of the Islamic State.

The IFJ’s new report provides an insight into the media landscape and working conditions for media workers in Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu.