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TOLO TV staff member Aziz Navin and BBC Afghan driver in Kabul Mohammed Nazeer were among victims of the explosion in the Zanbaq Square in A [..]
Javier Valdez Cárdenas, the founder of the weekly Riodoce who also worked for French news agency AFP, was shot dead outside his office by unidenti [..]
The ongoing threats to independent journalism across the world are exposed in a report issued by the International Federation of Journalists (I [..]
Russia: Novaya Gazeta’s Journalists Threatened by Chechen Religious and Public Leaders
20 April 2017
The International and European Federations of Journalists (IFJ and EFJ) have joined their Russian affiliate, the Russian Union of Journ [..]
New IFJ Study: Press Freedom under Threat with Journalists Facing attacks, ban, intimidation and Killings
03 May 2017
The ongoing threats to independent journalism across the world are exposed in a report issued by the International Federation of Journalist [..]
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UN Human Rights Council: End Continuing Intimidation and Attacks against Somali Journalists
29 September 2016
The UN should urge the Federal Government of Somalia and its regional administrations to end the continuing intimidation, harassment and attacks [..]
The body of veteran South Sudanese journalist, Issac Vuni, missing with his brother since June after unknown gunmen took them away from his home i [..]
Two men armed with pistols shot and killed Somali radio journalist Abdiasis Mohamed Ali, widely known as Haji, in Mogadishu on Tuesday, 27th Septe [..]
TOLO TV staff member Aziz Navin and BBC Afghan driver in Kabul Mohammed Nazeer were among victims of the explosion in the Zanbaq Square in A [..]
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Enforced Journalist Disappearances: IFJ Urges Action on 11 Cases of Missing Journalists in Asia Pacific
29 August 2016
On the eve of the eve of the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances (August 30), the International Federation of Journa [..]
The French news agency AFP reported that the award-winning American journalist David Gilkey and his 38-year-old Afghan translator Zabihullah [..]
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Russia: Novaya Gazeta’s Journalists Threatened by Chechen Religious and Public Leaders
20 April 2017
The International and European Federations of Journalists (IFJ and EFJ) have joined their Russian affiliate, the Russian Union of Journ [..]
On 26 September, Grigory Pasko, Director of the international NGO Community of Investigative Journalists, was beaten in the Siberian city of Barn [..]
Reports said that a group of around 20 activists staged a rally yesterday in Kiev outside the headquarters of a private TV station, Inter TV, se [..]
Javier Valdez Cárdenas, the founder of the weekly Riodoce who also worked for French news agency AFP, was shot dead outside his office by unidenti [..]
Two radio journalists have been killed in the Dominican Republic after gunmen opened fire during a news bulletin which was being broadcast on F [..]
20 sport journalists from Brazil were among the 75 victims of the ill-fated plane carrying the players of the Brazilian football team Chapecoense [..]
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IFJ Issues Media Safety Advisory for Reporters Covering Battle of Mosul in Iraq
27 October 2016
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has published a safety advisory for reporters covering the battle for Mosul, in northern Iraq. [..]
56-year-old Nahed Hattar, ajournalist who wrote for the Lebanese newspaper Al-Akhbar , was gunned down on the steps of the court in Amman’s ce [..]
Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi last week became the second head of state to sign the Declaration on Media Freedom in the Arab World. [..]
06 June 2017
#OIT #Ginebra: "Sin acuerdos no hay progreso," dijo ayer el Presidente de #Uruguay, Tabaré Vázquez, en la jornada... https://t.co/3ZRXRlqOWk
06 June 2017
RT @SNJ_national: [SECTION INFOPRO DIGITAL] Intéressement : grève mardi 6 juin Les salariés franciliens du groupe INFOPRO, réunis... https…
06 June 2017
RT @snrpmex: Autoridades no frenan la ola criminal en contra de los periodistas en México: SNRP - https://t.co/R22uKyJKlL https://t.co/Pj9I…
The government in Sunni-ruled Bahrain announced Sunday an indefinite ban on the independent Al-Wasat newspaper on accusations that it publishes "what [..]
Two East Timor journalists accused of defaming the prime minister were found not guilty by a Dili court on Thursday, in a case that had sparked alarm [..]
Venezuela's National Guard forces on Wednesday assaulted several reporters, including AFP photographer Luis Robayo, as they covered a protest [..]