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Nearly two hundred Palestinian journalists have been killed in Israeli bombings in the Gaza strip over the last 18 months. In response, a collective of French professional organisations defending journalists and press freedom have signed an open letter denouncing the attack on the profession and the media blackout they claim…

OVER 120 journalists and media workers were killed last year – and more than half of them were Palestinian ...

The International Federation of Journalists has suspended with immediate effect the Russian Union of Journalists over its action since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and its role in annexed Ukrainian territories

Finnish, Norwegian, Danish and Icelandic unions will quit a global media federation on Tuesday in protest at "corruptive activity", including allowing Russian state media journalists in Ukraine to stay as members, the Finnish union said.

International Federation of Journalists said 20 more journalist killed so this year compared with 47 in all of 2021

A new report says the war in Ukraine, chaos in Haiti and criminal groups in Mexico contributed to a 30% spike in the number of journalists killed in 2022 over the previous year

The family of slain Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh submitted on Tuesday an official complaint to the International Criminal Court (ICC) to investigate the killing of the veteran television correspondent. Head of the Palestinian Journalists Syndicate (PJS) Nasser Abu Bakr, member of the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) Jimmy Boumleiha,…

All stories are to be approved by the government before broadcast on the SIBC, prompting grave concerns about press freedom

The International Federation of Journalists, along with the Journalists' Union of Athens Daily Newspapers, has condemned an alleged attempt to spy on Greek journalist Thanasis Koukakis through a new surveillance software named Predator.