European Federation of Journalists (EFJ)

Articles by European Federation of Journalists (EFJ)

Andrej Plenkovic, Prime Minister of Croatia, speaks at the European Council during a two day EU summit in Brussels, Belgium, 14 December 2018, Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

Croatian journalists stage protest against abusive lawsuits

Politicians, public figures and corporations have filed over 1,100 lawsuits against journalists with the intention of intimidating them into self-censorship.

Turkish Jandarma (Gendarmerie) soldiers guard the entrance to the Silivri Courthouse during the trial of journalists from "Cumhuriyet" newspaper, in Istanbul, Turkey, 11 September 2017, Chris McGrath/Getty Images

MEPs join IFEX members in call for return of rule of law in Turkey

Forty-seven MEPs and 14 press freedom groups joined a resolution underscoring the lack of effective domestic legal remedies for journalists targeted in Turkey’s media crackdown.

A former pilot talks to journalists outside the offices of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU), in Kiev, 15 March 2018, Pyotr SivkovTASS via Getty Images

Ukraine: Physical assaults against female journalists rise by 50% in 2018

Attacks against female journalists started to increase once offenders saw there was little risk of being punished.