International Federation of Journalists (IFJ)

The two journalists were beaten during the visit of South Korean President Moon Jae-in to China.

Turkish Cypriot daily Afrika and its staff have been seriously threatened since the newspaper published a cartoon of Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan which is considered as an insult by Turkish authorities.

Organisations from around the world call on the EU to “be less deferential” towards Turkey.

Concerns grow over the continuing arrests of journalists under amended Bangladeshi law.

Husain Nazari, a cameraman for Rah-e-Farda TV, was killed in a suicide attack at a political gathering in Kabul, Afghanistan.

Journalist Zeenat Shahzadi was recently recovered from a kidnapping. Rather than releasing her to her family, the Pakistani government is arbitrarily holding her in custody.

About 3,000 journalists at South Korea’s public broadcasters have been on strike since September demanding editorial independence.

Deputy editor in chief and anchor Tatyana Felgenhauer, who works for Ekho Moskvy radio station, was stabbed in the throat on 23 October 2017 at the radio station in Moscow.

IFEX members join 55 NGOs in an open call to the international community to reconvene the Paris Peace Conference in light of its 26th anniversary and worsening attacks on democracy in Cambodia.

The killing of Maltese investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia in a car bomb has sparked shock and outrage across Europe.

September saw protests and internet disruptions in Togo and Cameroon, an initiative to increase gender diversity in Nigeria’s tech and media community, and an access to information report that could help countries work towards the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals.

Three journalists in India were murdered in September, a month that also saw a sharp rise in the number of attacks and threats on journalists.

A joint statement by the Association of Progressive Communications, IFEX and 64 co-signatories at the UN-HRC 36 warns of the threat to human rights posed by recent attacks on the right to use encryption technology, in Turkey and across the globe.

Yalçin, 59, a citizen of Sweden, is being held in custody in Spain after being arrested on 3 August at the Barcelona airport in compliance with an international detention order issued by Turkey – a country with as many as 157 journalists and media workers currently behind bars.

The International and European Federations of Journalists (IFJ-EFJ) condemn the court’s decision to maintain the six Cumhuriyet journalists and media workers in pre-trial detention, after a 13-hour long hearing at Silivri prison.

Whether authoritarian regimes, so-called democracies or warring armed groups, those who wield power in the Middle East and North Africa have taken internet censorship to new levels and stepped up their individual campaigns against critics, journalists, and opponents this month.