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  1. Afghanistan government vows to end impunity for crimes against journalists
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2014
    The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) welcomes the Chief Executive Officer of Afghanistan’s National Unity Government’s statement of intention to bring an end to impunity for crimes against journalists and media workers in the country
  2. Al-Jazeera cameraman killed in shelling in Syria
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2015
    Al-Asfar was a 19 year old cameraman who was killed by artillery fire as he was covering the war in Syria. Whether or not he was deliberately targeted remains a mystery.
  3. Another brutal year for journalists in Pakistan
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2015
    The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) express deep concerns over the miserable condition of journalists in the country as the IFJ's annual List of Journalists and Media Staff Killed in 2014 puts Pakistan as the most dangerous country with 14 killings.
  4. Another day of violence against journalists covering protests
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2011
    Reporters Without Borders is outraged by the fact that, although clearly identified, many journalists were attacked by police officers while covering yesterday’s anti-austerity protests and strikes in Athens.
  5. Another journalist burnt to death in India
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2015
    The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliate the Indian Journalists Union (IJU) strongly condemn the brutal murder of a journalist in Madhya Pradesh on June 19. The killing is the second burning death of a journalist in India
  6. Another journalist murdered a month before general elections
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2013
    The bullet-riddled body of Manuel Murillo Varela, a young freelance cameraman, was found in Tegucigalpa yesterday, exactly four months after journalist Anibal Barrow’s abduction and murder.
  7. Another journalist murdered in Honduras, no end to violence in sight
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2014
    Reporters Without Borders is shocked to learn that community radio journalist Hernán Cruz Barnica was murdered near Dulce Nombre, a town in the western department of Copán, on the evening of 28 May.
  8. Another journalist shot dead in Guatemala, fourth this year
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2013
    Reporters Without Borders and the CERIGUA Journalists Observatory condemn regional TV journalist Carlos Alberto Orellana Chávez's murder yesterday fifty kilometers away from Mazatenango.
  9. Another journalist slain, special mechanism for protecting journalists announced
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2012
    JoseNoel Canales Lagos, a 34-year-old journalist who had worked for the Hondudiario news website for the past 12 years, was gunned down in the capital on 10 August, bringing the number of journalists killed in the past decade to 30.
  10. Another round of death threats for journalists in Sri Lanka workshops
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2014
    The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliates the Free Media Movement (FMM) and the Sri Lanka Working Journalists Association (SLWJA) in condemning death threats issued to journalists in Columbo.
  11. Are US Troops Targeting Journalists?
    Incidents Raise Suspicions on Motive
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2012
    It is dangerous in the extreme to be a journalist covering America’s wars, at least beginning with Vietnam.
  12. As holder of EU presidency, Czech government urged to intercede on behalf of jailed bloggers and journalists
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2009
    Reporters Without Borders secretary-general Jean-FranA#ois Julliard wrote yesterday to Czech Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek asking him to do everything possible to obtain the release of the 11 journalists and bloggers currently held in Iran.
  13. Attacks Against Palestinian Journalists Must End, says IFJ
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2014
    The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has called on the Israeli government to identify and punish the Israeli soldiers who carried out a brutal attack on a journalist in the Palestinian village of Nabi Saleh on Sunday 27 April, 2014.
  14. Australian media outraged by failure of justice to Balibo Five
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2014
    The International Federation of Journalists joins the Australian Media, Entertainment & Arts Alliance in condemning and expressing strong outrage over the Australian Federal Police (AFP abandoning their war crimes investigation into the murder
  15. Bahrain: Well-known photographer held for past week, beaten
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2014
    Reporters Without Borders calls for the release of Ahmed Al-Fardan, an award-winning photojournalist who has been held without charge in Bahrain for the past week.
  16. Bangladesh Journalist attacked with harpoon at home
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2014
    The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins the Bangladesh Manobadhikar Sangbadik Forum (BMSF) in condemning the attack on journalist Nasrul Anwar on August 2.
  17. Beirut riot police use violence against journalists
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2015
    Reporters Without Borders condemns the many cases of violence against journalists by security forces in recent weeks in Beirut during demonstrations in protest against the collapse of garbage collection.
  18. Biggest rises and falls in the 2014 world press freedom index
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2014
    The 2014 World Press Freedom Index spotlights the negative impact of conflicts on freedom of information and its protagonists.
  19. The Biggest Threat to Mexican Journalists Aren't Drug Cartels Anymore
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2015
    Northern Mexico and the drug cartels have dangerous reputations; especially for journalists. This should come to a surprise to no one. This year, however, the danger seems to have shifted in both location and source. Of the six journalists that were killed in Mexico this year, all of them were killed in the south; most likely at the hands of police officers and politicians.
  20. Black Bloc Warning Urges More Violence Against Canadian Journalists
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2017
    Black Bloc anti-fascists whose members assaulted two Global News journalists at a demonstration in Quebec last weekend defended their actions Thursday and threatened more violence against journalists covering future protests in order to, according to the post, "make demonstrations safer" for the group.
  21. Bomb in hard disk sent to Italian newspaper journalist reporting on protests
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2013
    A bomb concealed as a hard disk could have killed someone: 120 grams of explosive powder were pressed inside a hard disk, which also had a small cable for connecting it to a computer. It was addressed to our colleague Massimo Numa, who has been reporting for some time on Susa Valley and No TAV [High Speed train] issues.
  22. Both pro- and anti-government demonstrators threaten media
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2013
    Reporters Without Borders is very worried by the harassment of TV stations by both pro- and anti-government demonstrators in Thailand.
  23. Brazil: Journalist Evany José Metzker Murdered While Investigating Drugs and Child Exploitation in Minas Gerais
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2015
  24. Brazilian deaths highlights need for safety training
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2015
    The dangers that journalists face is Brazil is old news. The most recent deaths of two reporters have once again shown the sire situation for media workers in the South American country.
  25. Brazilian journalist Konig in hiding after threats
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2012
    Brazilian authorities must immediately provide protection to journalist Mauri Konig, who went into hiding on Monday after receiving death threats related to his reports on police corruption.
  26. Charlie-berte : liberons l'information !
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2015
    Les syndicats de journalistes (SNJ / SNJ-CGT / CFDT-Journalistes), avec leurs Fédérations FIJ (internationale) et FEJ (européenne), saluent les quelque quatre millions de citoyens qui ont participé aux marches et rassemblements dimanche à Paris
  27. Community radio host's 12-year-old son killed in shooting
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2014
    The son of radio La Calentana Mexiquense's founder and presenter, Indalecio Bentez Mondragon, was killed on the night of 1 August when masked gunmen fired on Benez's car at the entrance to the community radio station, located in his home
  28. Concern regarding the brutality of Montréal police against journalists
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2015
    CJFE and the Canadian Association of Journalists (CAJ) are deeply concerned by the brutal actions taken by the Service de police de la Ville de Montréal (SPVM) to impede the work of journalists in the city over the last three years. The assault, detention, and arrest of reporters by the Montréal police is in violation of freedom of the press, as cited in Section 2(b) of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, as well as Section 3 of the Québec Charter of Human Rights and Freedoms. To address these issues, CJFE and CAJ would like to arrange a meeting with you and SPVM Chief Marc Parent to discuss police policy on journalists covering protests in order to come up with a solution to end the existing practices.
  29. Concerns grows after more abductions of journalists
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2008
    Reporters Without Borders is very disturbed by the abduction of freelance photojournalist Shadreck Manyere and attempted abduction of Obrian Rwafa, a reporter with the state-owned Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC).
  30. Connexions Digest
    Issue 54 - February 1992- A Social Change Sourcebook
    Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical)
    Published: 1992
  31. Croatia: Judicial harassment of war crimes reporter continues
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2009
    Zeljko Peratovic is accused of â#odisseminating information likely to upset the populationâ## under article 322/1 KZA of the criminal code.
  32. Deadliest year for journalists since Reporters Without Borders began producing its annual roundup in 1995
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2012
    This year has been exceptionally deadly, with a 33 per cent rise in the number of journalists killed in connection with their work over 2011. The worst-hit regions were the Middle East and Northern Africa (with 26 killed), Asia (24 killed) and sub-Sa
  33. Deadly week for media in Pakistan - two journalists killed in KP province
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2016
    The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliate the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) condemn the killing of two journalists in the past week in the troubled Khyber-Pakhtunhkhwa province in Pakistan's north-west.
  34. Dealing with PTSD in the newsroom
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2014
    Post-traumtic stress disorder doesn't just affect combat veterans and victims of war. Approximately 20% of war correspondants are diagnosed with PTSD.
  35. The Death of a Reporter
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2014
    Serena Shim, who leaves behind a family that includes her two young children, found herself chasing the truth in a highly charged situation.
  36. Death threats for pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily in Hong Kong
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2015
    The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliate the Hong Kong Journalist Association (HKJA) condemn death threats against a pro-democracy newspaper in Hong Kong.
  37. Demanding an end to the crimes and abuses towards journalists and media workers in Syria
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2013
    Syrian journalists are now facing an increasing deadly threat since 2013: the Jihadists militias. Statement jointly signed by Syrian media, Syrian NGOs, leading international NGOs and high profile personalities.
  38. Detained journalist murdered by Burmese Army
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2014
    The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) condemns the murder of missing journalist Aung Kyaw Naing by the Burmese Army earlier this month.
  39. Eighth Journalist Killed in Gaza: Israel Must Answer for Crimes
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2014
    Two Palestinian journalists were killed while reporting in a market in Gaza yesterday – an appalling incident which means eights journalists have now lost their lives since the Israeli bombardment of the region began nearly one month ago.
  40. The end of the story
    When a prominent journalist was killed for investigating black activists, it shocked America.
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2007
    On August 2nd 2007 Chauncey Bailey was murdered, he was the first journalist in thirty years to be murdered in the U.S. in the pursuit of a story.
  41. Expulsion of two Spanish journalists deals blow to freedom of expression
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2011
    Spanish journalists Paco Gómez Nadal and Pilar Chato agreed under pressure to be repatriated yesterday, after being arrested during a demonstration by indigenous groups outside the parliament building in Panama City in protest against a mining law.
  42. FAJ Calls on African Union and Governments to Protect Journalists
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2014
    The Federation of African Journalists has called on the African Union to adopt the resolution on the safety of journalists in Africa and the African Governments to end impunity for all crimes against journalists.
  43. Fearless and outspoken Indian journalist Gauri Lankesh shot dead in Karnataka
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2017
    The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliate the National Union of Journalists (India) in condemning the brutal killing of journalist Gauri Lankesh in Bengaluru, India on September 5.
  44. Female journalist attacked covering political protests in Pakistan
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2014
    The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) is concerned by the growing number of attacks against female journalists in Pakistan in recent months. On December 8, 2014, a female journalist was attacked covering a political rally in Faisalabad.
  45. Filipino journalist gunned down on way to work
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2015
    The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliate, the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP) in condemning the murder of a Filipino journalist on the central island of Luzon.
  46. First Journalist Killed in 2014: IFJ Condemns Murder of Pakistan Journalist Shan Dahar
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2014
    The International Federation of Journalists has called on authorities in Pakistan to carry out an immediate investigation into the murder of journalist Shan Dahar (Odhor) in the Badha area of the country's Larkana district.
  47. Five journalists attacked during protests against Conga mining project
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2012
    Five journalists were attacked and injured during violent protests against a proposed mine in the northern Cajamarca region of Peru, a day after the government declared a state of emergency.
  48. Forty years on: Balibo victims remembered with scholarship
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2015
    The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliate the Media, Entertainment & Arts Alliance (MEAA) today, commemorate the 40th anniversary of the killing of the Balibo Five in East Timor, with the establishment of a scholarship
  49. Fourth blogger on radical Islamist hit-list hacked to death
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2015
    Reporters Without Borders is appalled to learn that Niloy Neel, a secularist blogger and activist who had been threatened by Islamist militants, was hacked to death today in his Dhaka home by five intruders armed with machetes.
  50. France: EFJ Concerned by Threats against Journalists after TV Report on Palestine
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2011
    The European Federation of Journalists expresses its support to journalists and unions at France 2 following threats made against the public channel's presenters over a television programme on the potential creation of a Palestinian state.
  51. Freedom and Safety of Journalists in Gaza Must be Upheld, says IFJ
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2014
    The International Federation of Journalists has demanded that Israeli forces respect the rights of journalists in Gaza and has issued a renewed appeal for journalists in the region to take all necessary safety precautions.
  52. French journalists released after being held hostage for 18 months
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2011
    Reporters Without Borders is delighted by today’s release of French journalists Hervé Ghesquière and Stéphane Taponier and their Afghan interpreter Reza, who were abducted by a Taliban group on 29 December 2009.
  53. French judge dismisses French journalist’s complaint against Israeli military
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2011
    Reporters Without Borders is appalled to learn that a French judge has dismissed French journalist Jacques-Marie Bourget’s complaint against the Israeli authorities because a lack of Israeli cooperation prevented him from pursuing the investigation.
  54. Global campaign aims to end violence against women journalists
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2013
    The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) launches a global campaign to bring attention to the issue of violence against women journalists, and to call for an end to impunity for these crimes.
  55. Global media rights groups condemn "culture of impunity and indifference" in Sri Lanka
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2009
    Since the beginning of the New Year, both the killing of a senior editor and the attack on the facilities of a popular independent TV channel have led to a total paralysis of the media community in Sri Lanka.
  56. Global report launched on violence and harassment against women in the news media
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2014
    The core findings of a joint report on violence and harassment against women in the news media by INSI and the International Women's Media Foundtaion (IWMF).
  57. Governments fall short in efforts to combat impunity in journalists' murders
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2014
    Ninety percent of murderers walk free, threatening press freedom, CPJ report finds
  58. Hamas forces attack journalists covering Gaza protest
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2011
    Hamas security forces attacked local journalists covering a peaceful demonstration calling for Palestinian national unity on Tuesday. At least one journalist was taken to the hospital after being beaten.
  59. Hamburg newspaper firebombed after reprinting Mohammed cartoons
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2015
    Reporters Without Borders is appalled by last nigh's arson attack on the Hamburger Morgenpost newspaper after it published several Mohammed cartoons as a tribute to the Charlie Hebdo journalists who were murdered last week.
  60. Harassing journalists is election campaign strategy in Guatemala
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2015
    Reporters Without Borders urges Guatemala’s political class to respect the freedom of journalists to work as they see fit.
  61. Hong Kong must identify, prosecute the mastermind of 2014 attack on journalist Kevin Lau
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2015
    The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on authorities in Hong Kong to work quickly and efficiently to identify the mastermind of the February 2014 attack on newspaper editor Kevin Lau Chun-to and ensure there is full justice in the case. Two men identified as Yip Kim-wah and Wong Chi-wah were found guilty today of "causing grievous bodily harm and stealing a motorcycle" in the assault, but have refused to say who ordered the attack, reports said.
  62. How the Murders of Journalists in the Middle East Are Brushed Aside
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2019
    Though higher-profile than most, Jamal Khashoggi was far from the first Arab journalist to be murdered in the Middle East. In his case, just like most others, cover-ups disguised as investigations may placate public outcry.
  63. How Truth Slips Down The Memory Hole
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2007
    John Pilger, applies to current events Orwell's description in '1984' of how the Ministry of Truth consigned embarrassing truth to a memory hole. He highlights the killing of a Palestinian cameraman by the Israelis as an example of how "we" are trained to look on the rest of the world as quite unlike ourselves: useful or expendable.
  64. Human Rights Watch investigator among those attacked by Israeli forces
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2015
    "We didn't see any soldiers near us. That's why we felt safe. No one was throwing rocks or anything. Soldiers just started shooting."
  65. Hungarian police violence against foreign journalists covering refugee crisis
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2015
    Reporters Without Borders is appalled to learn that the Hungarian police have obstructed foreign media coverage of the refugee crisis on the border between Hungary and Serbia and, in particular, that they have on three occasions in the past week
  66. IFEX launches 2012 Day to End Impunity campaign
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2012
    IFEX, the global network defending and promoting free expression, is proud to announce the launch of International Day to End Impunity.
  67. IFJ and EFJ ask for a full investigation into attacks on media workers by Police at a demonstration in Armenia
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2015
    The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its regional organisation the European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) have together condemned the actions of Armenian police who attacked and briefly detained at least 10 media workers
  68. IFJ and EFJ Condemn Azerbaijan Call for 'Public Hatred' towards Independent Media
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2012
    Condemning the call by the Azeri government for a show of ‘public hatred' against independent media.
  69. IFJ and EFJ condemn murder of Maltese journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2017
    Maltese investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia was murdered yesterday around 3pm by a car bomb in the town of Bidnija, near her family home. The International and European Federations of Journalists condemned today this killing.
  70. IFJ and EFJ Slam Head of Russian Investigative Committee over Threats to Senior Journalist
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2012
    Call to investigate reports of threats made by the Head of the Russian Investigative Committee to a senior journalist of Novaya Gazeta newspaper.
  71. IFJ backs red-armband campaign after Tunisian journalists attacked
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2012
    The IFJ has strongly condemned the Tunisian government following the physical assault of at least 14 journalists in two separate incidents this week.
  72. IFJ Blames Hamas for Political Interference after Take-Over of PJS Office in Gaza
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2011
    The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) today accused the Hamas administration in Gaza of attempting to destabilize the leadership of the Palestinian Journalists' Syndicate (PJS).
  73. IFJ Calls for an End to the Harassment of Journalists in Yemen
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2012
    The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) today condemned the harassment and intimidation of journalists at the government-owned and army-controlled 26 September newspaper.
  74. IFJ calls for international laws protecting journalists to be enforced after another deadly year of killings
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2016
    2015 has been another deadly year for journalists, with at least 109 journalists and media staff killed in targeted killings, bomb attacks and cross-fire incidents, according to the annual report published by the IFJ.
  75. IFJ Condemns Deaths of Five Syrian Journalists
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2014
    The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has declared December a deadly month for Syrian journalists as five more colleagues die in the first half of the month.
  76. IFJ Condemns First Media Killing of 2015 in Yemen
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2015
    The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliate the Yemeni Journalists' Syndicate (YJS) have today condemned the killing of Al-Masirah TV channel correspondent Khalid Mohammed al Washali
  77. IFJ Condemns Killing of Egyptian Journalist in Damanhur
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2013
    The International Federation of Journalists has condemned the killing on Monday night, 19 August, of Egyptian daily Al Ahram''s bureau regional chief, Tamer Abdel Raouf, shot by soldiers at an army check point
  78. IFJ condemns killing of journalist in Mozambique
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2015
    The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has condemned the killing of Paulo Machava, a senior Mozambican journalist who was shot dead this morning in the capital Maputo by unknown gunmen.
  79. IFJ condemns killing of third Syrian journalist
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2015
    The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has today condemned the killing of Syrian journalist Thaer al-Ajlani who died covering fighting between the Syrian army and rebels in Jobar, east of the capital, Damascus.
  80. IFJ Condemns Killings of Media Staff in Shocking Attack on French Magazine Charlie Hebdo' Office in Paris
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2015
    The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) today joined its French affiliates -- SNJ, SNJ-CGT and CFDT -- in condemning the shooting that has taken place today at the offices of the French satiric magazine Charlie Hebdo in Paris.
  81. IFJ condemns political cadre rampage against reporters in Pakistan
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2014
    The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) strongly condemn the attacks against journalists by the protestors of the Pakistan Teheek-e-Insaf (PTI) in Karachi, in Sindh province in Pakistan.
  82. The IFJ condemns the brutal murder of Mexican journalist Moises Sanchez Cerezo, from Veracruz
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2015
    Moises Sanchez Cerezo, editor of La Union, was found killed after 24 days without news of his whereabouts. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) urges the Mexican authorities to solve all the responsibilities for the murder.
  83. IFJ Condemns ‘Shocking' Violence on Journalists in Belarus
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2010
    The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) today accused authorities in Belarus of "violent bullying and intimidation" of journalists covering a peaceful protest in central Minsk yesterday.
  84. IFJ Congress Holds Commemoration and Freedom Walk for Killed Journalists Across the World
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2013
    A special Freedom Walk to commemorate the 408 journalists across the world who have died in the service of their profession in the last three years was held in Dublin this evening.
  85. IFJ Demands 'End Impunity' in Russia Following Memorial Day for Journalists
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2013
    The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has sent a message of support to its Russian affiliate, the Russian Union of Journalists (RUJ) following its annual Memorial Day which was dedicated to the memory of colleagues who have been killed.
  86. IFJ Demands Full Investigation Following Israeli Police Attack on Photographers
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2014
    The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has condemned an attack by Israeli police on photographers near Silwad in the West Bank on Sunday, 26 October. According to reports, Israeli police fired rubber bullets at the photographers at close
  87. IFJ Demands Pakistan Bring Journalist’s Killers to Justice
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2011
    The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) and journalists around the world in condemning in the strongest terms the brutal murder of journalist Syed Saleem Shahzad in Pakistan.
  88. IFJ Denounces Israeli Forces For Targeting Group of Photographers
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2013
    The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has condemned the Israeli army for "deliberately targeting" a group of photographers covering skirmishes at Qalandia crossing between Jerusalem and Ramallah
  89. IFJ/EFJ Call on Montenegrin Authorities to Protect Media Freedom Following Attacks
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2014
    The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and the European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) have expressed their dismay after learning that an explosive device was discovered in the offices of the Vijesti daily newspaper in Montenegro.
  90. IFJ and EFJ condemn continuing attacks against journalists in Turkey
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2015
    The European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) and the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) condemn several attacks against journalists that took place in Diyarbakir, Turkey, in the past few days.
  91. IFJ/EFJ Condemn Latest Attack on Greek Journalist by 'Golden Dawn' Members
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2013
    The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and the European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) have condemned the latest brutal attack against a Greek journalist by members of the Golden Dawn party, while also expressing concern that police did not stop the incident.
  92. IFJ and EFJ Sign a Memorandum with the Council of Europe to Create an Online Safety Platform for Journalists
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2014
    The International Federation of Journalists' (IFJ) president, Jim Boumelha, signed yesterday a Memorandum of Understanding with the Council of Europe to promote the protection of journalism and safety of journalists.
  93. IFJ/EFJ Stand in Solidarity with Russian Journalists to Remember Fallen Colleagues
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2014
    The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and the European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) have sent a message of solidarity and support to their affiliate, the Russian Union of Journalists (RUJ)
  94. IFJ/EFJ Strongly Condemn Brutal Attacks Against Journalists in Ukraine
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2013
    The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and the European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) have strongly condemned the brutal attacks by Ukrainian security forces against journalists covering the mass protests in Kiev.
  95. IFJ expresses concern for Afghanistan's media after spate of threats and attacks
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2014
    The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliate, the Afghanistan Independent Journalist Association (AIJA) in expressing concern over a series of recent threats and intimidations issued at journalists
  96. IFJ Highlights Media Safety Crisis at International Conference on Somalia in UK
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2011
    The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) today called on representatives of the international community to give priority to measures to protect journalists in Somalia.
  97. The IFJ and its US affiliates mourn the killing of US photographer in Yemen
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2014
    The IFJ and its affiliates worldwide condemn this latest barbaric outrage and send their condolences to Luke's family. Like many other photojournalists, he decided to live amongst the men and women whose lives and suffering he wanted to portray.
  98. IFJ Joins Call for Release of Palestinian Journalists Held in Israel
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2011
    The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) today joined the call by its affiliate in Palestine, the Palestinian Journalists Syndicate (PJS), and Al Jazeera for the immediate release of journalist Samer Allawy.
  99. IFJ Joins Condemnation of Mindless Violence against Journalists in Cameroon
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2011
    The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its African group, the Federation of African Journalists (FAJ), in condemning the brutal attack and subsequent arrests journalists who were covering a demonstration in Cameroon.
  100. IFJ launches 2015 global campaign to end impunity for crimes against journalists
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2015
    The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has launched its annual global campaign to hold world governments and de facto authorities accountable for impunity records for crimes targeting journalists.
  101. IFJ Launches New Campaign in Iraq, Pakistan and Russia to End Impunity for Violence in Journalism
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2013
    With International Day against Impunity one month away, the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has today written to the leaders of Iraq, Russia and Pakistan to urge them and their governments to address the issue of impunity for violence.
  102. IFJ Marks Fifth Anniversary of Politkovskaya’s Murder with new Russian Database on Attacks on Journalists
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2011
    The International Federation of Journalists and its affiliate, the Russian Union of Journalists marked the fifth anniversary of the murder of Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya with the launch of its ‘Russia – Conflicts in the Media’ database.
  103. IFJ Marks Fourth Anniversary of Anna Politkovskaya Murder by Call for Justice
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2010
    The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) today marked the fourth anniversary of the murder of investigative journalist Anna Politkovskaya by urging the Russian authorities to ensure justice for her and her long-suffering family and colleague
  104. IFJ Marks on 25 November the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2014
    The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has marked 25 November as the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, which this year is focused on workplace violence in the media sector.
  105. IFJ Marks World Press Freedom Day by Calling for Release of Jailed Journalists
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2012
    The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliates are marking this year's World Press Freedom Day by calling for the release of journalists held for their professional activities.
  106. IFJ Mediterranean unions demand action to combat intolerance and protect journalists rights and security
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2015
    The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and affiliates from the Mediterranean called for a new regional campaign to promote a strong professional journalists culture across the region that reinforces the independence of journalists
  107. The IFJ mourns the killing of two journalists in Iraq
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2015
    The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its regional affiliate the Iraqi Journalists Syndicate (IJS) have today condemned the killing of the Iraqi photographer Adnan Abdul Razzaq, allegedly murdered by the Islamic State (IS) in Mosul.
  108. IFJ Presses UN for Action on Media Killings after Violence Claims 106 Lives of Journalists and Media Staff in 2011
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2012
    The International Federation of Journalists urges UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon to take drastic action against governments of the most dangerous countries for media after it published its annual list of 106 journalists and media personnel killed
  109. IFJ Reports Heavy Media Loss to Violence after 97 Journalists Died in 2010
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2011
    The International Federation of Journalists warns that journalists and media personnel remain prime targets for political extremists, gangsters and terrorists as it announced that at least 94 journalists and media personnel who were killed in 2010.
  110. IFJ Safety Summit in Nuremberg Debates Media Safety Crisis
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2012
    The challenge of making journalism safer in the face of ever increasing violence targeting journalists and media workers has been addressed at a high-level IFJ event.
  111. IFJ and SAMSN call on Pakistan Prime Minister to end culture of impunity
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2014
    The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and the South Asian Media Solidarity Network (SAMSN) have joined the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) in marking November 2 as a National Day of Action Against Impunity in Pakistan.
  112. IFJ and SAMSN condemn threats to Sri Lankan journalist
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2014
    International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and South Asia Media Solidarity Network (SAMSN) join Sri Lanka Working Journalists Association (SLWJA) in strongly condemning death threats issued to Sunil Jayasekara, convener of Free Media Movement.
  113. IFJ & SEAJU call for investigation into journalist murder in Myanmar
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2014
    The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins the South East Asia Journalist Unions (SEAJU) in calling for a thorough investigation into the murder of a journalist detained by the Burmese Army in Myanmar early last month.
  114. IFJ Strongly Condemns Killing of Palestinian Media Worker Hamid Shihab
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2014
    The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has strongly condemned the killing of Palestinian media worker Hamid Shibab in Gaza on Wednesday 9 July.
  115. The IFJ supports its affiliate in Tunisia in its search for the two Tunisian journalists missing in Libya
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2015
    The IIFJ has declared its full support to the National Trade Union of Tunisian Journalists (SNJT) in its efforts to investigate the claim made by the Islamic State (IS) in its efforts to investigate the claim made by the Islamic State (IS) in Libya
  116. IFJ to Hold 'Journalism in Shadow of Anti-Terror Laws' Conference on Tenth Anniversary of 9/11 Attacks in US
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2011
    The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its European Group, the European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) are holding an international conference to mark the tenth anniversary of the terrorist attacks in New York and Washington in 2001.
  117. IFJ urges accountability for deliberate targeting of journalists in 2014 summer Gaza war
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2015
    The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliate the Palestinian Journalists' Syndicate (PJS) today called for accountability for the deliberate targeting of journalists during the Israeli military offensive in the Gaza strip
  118. IFJ urges Imran Khan to call for end to attacks on media
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2014
    The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has urged Imran Khan, the leader of one of Pakistan's opposition parties, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI), to stop attacks against journalists during PTI demonstrations against the government.
  119. IFJ Urges UN Human Rights Council to Act on Journalists' Summary Killings Report
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2012
    IFJ says recommendations by Special Rapporteur on extra judicial killings and summary executions to the United Nations Human Rights Council are a step in the right direction but urged the Council to hold states to their international obligations.
  120. IFJ welcomes action plan on media safety from the international gathering on Yemen
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2015
    A one-day international meeting agreed on an action plan to address the horrific situation facing journalists in Yemen.
  121. IFJ Welcomes Indictment of Former Security Operatives over Journalist's Torture in Colombia
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2013
    Seven former members of the former secret service in Colombia, the Administrative Department for Security (DAS), face charges of - psychological torture and intimidation' inflicted on prominent journalist Claudia Julieta Duque
  122. IFJ welcomes lowest number of killings of journalists for a decade but warns "no room for complacency"
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2018
    The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) warns there is no room for complacency despite recording the lowest number of killings of journalists since 2007.
  123. IFJ Welcomes Resolution on Safety of Journalists Adopted by UN Human Rights Council
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2012
    The 21th Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council has adopted a resolution calling for "States to promote a safe and enabling environment for journalists to perform their work independently and without undue interference".
  124. IFJ/EFJ Demand Release of Belarus Journalist Accused of 'Assisting Invasion' of Swedish Teddy Bears
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2012
    Demand the release of Anton Surapin, a Belarus journalist who was arrested on 13th July after he was the first to publish photos of Swedish teddy Bears that had landed on Belarus soil.
  125. In Brazil, football has taken a hit, but not as much as press freedom
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2014
    Reporters Without Borders is using the 2014 World Cup in Brazil as a peg for an awareness campaign about the constant violations of freedom of information and violence against of journalists in Brazil.
  126. India: Two journalists killed in 24 hours
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2018
    Sandeep Sharma and Naveen Nishchal were both killed in separate vehicle incidents in India on Monday, March 26. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliate the National Union of Journalists (India) condemn the killings
  127. INSI publishes annual analysis of journalist casualties around the globe
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2014
    Analysis of journalist casualties from around the globe for the year 2013. Also provides raw data useful for data journalists.
  128. International media does not escape violence unleashed by Mubarak supporters
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2011
    Reporters Without Borders unreservedly condemns today’s shocking attacks on BBC, Al Jazeera, CNN, Al-Arabiya and ABC News journalists by Mubarak supporters who were reportedly accompanied by plainclothes police.
  129. International press freedom organizations call on Burundi authorities to investigate attacks on journalists and human rights defenders
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2015
    Press freedom, media development and human rights organizations denounce the continued attacks on and threats to journalists, media workers and human rights defenders in Burundi, most recently the serious incidents in which human rights defender Pierre Claver Mbonimpa survived an attempt on his life while journalist Esdras Ndikumana was the victim of a brutal attack by police and intelligence officials.
  130. Intimidation and Violence Against Palestinian Journalists Must End Now
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2014
    The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has joined its affiliate, the Palestinian Journalists Syndicate (PJS) to condemn a brutal attack by Israeli forces on a Palestinian TV crew in Shufat Refugee Camp, near Jerusalem.
  131. Intimidation of journalists who investigate military dictatorship
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2012
    Journalists in chile have been threatened because they have been covering very sensitive subjects that directly concern the intelligence agencies.
  132. Investigative Journalist found beheaded in Minas Gerais
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2015
    A journalist who was investigating child prostitution and drug trafficking in Brazil has been found murdered.
  133. Israeli airstrike destroys press car, killing Palestinian media worker
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2014
    The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the Israel Defense Forces' airstrike on a car clearly marked as a press vehicle in Gaza City in early July, 2014.
  134. Israeli army deliberately targeting news professionals
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2014
    Continuing confrontations in the Palestinian Territories and many cities in Israel are marked by Israeli authorities’ flouting of basic rights, including freedom of information.
  135. Israeli authorities must cease their routine abuse and harassment of journalists, says IFJ
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2017
    The Palestinian Journalists Syndicate (PJS) recorded at least 15 incidents of journalists being attacked, abused or prevented from reporting by Israeli security forces while attempting to cover the Al-Aqsa Mosque protests over the weekend.
  136. Israeli Forces Must Be Held accountable for Attacks on Journalists in Gaza, says IFJ
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2014
    The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has joined increasing international calls for the Israeli government and its forces to be held accountable for the atrocities that are being carried out against journalists covering events in Gaza.
  137. Israeli military asked to explain how Gaza media building came to be hit by explosion
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2009
    Reporters Without Borders calls on the Israeli military to investigate and explain exactly how a 16-storey building in Gaza City that houses several news organisations including Reuters came to be hit by an explosion this morning.
  138. Israeli security forces use violence against journalists in East Jerusalem
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2015
    Reporters Without Borders condemns the violence used by Israeli police against journalists covering the clashes between security forces and Palestinian protesters that have been taking place in and around the plaza in front of East Jerusalem’s Al-A
  139. JournalismSources.com
    Resource Type: Website
    Published: 2017
    A portal featuring news, articles, and resources about journalism, press freedom, free speech, censorship and related topics. The home page features a selection of recent and important articles. A search feature, subject index, and other research tools make it possible to find additional resources and information.
  140. Journalist Abdolreza Tajik, 2010 press freedom prize winner, is freed from prison
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2010
    Reporters Without Borders today welcomed the release on bail last evening of journalist Abdolreza Tajik, winner of the organisation’s 2010 press freedom award, after his family put up bail for a third time.
  141. Journalist arrested over Facebook post in Bangladesh
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2015
    The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins the Bangladesh Manobadhikar Sangbadik Forum (BMSF) in expressing serious concern over the arrest and detention of a journalist in Dhaka over a Facebook post.
  142. Journalist bashed to death in Andra Pradesh
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2014
    The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and it’s affiliate the Indian Journalists Union (IJU) condemn the brutal murder of a senior journalist in Guntur of Andra Pradesh, in south eastern India on early hours of Wednesday, November 26.
  143. Journalist missing after investigative report
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2015
    The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliate the Indian Journalists Union (IJU) express serious concern following the disappearance of Indian journalist Chayan Sarkar in West Bengal.
  144. Journalist paralyzed in attack dies a decade on, waiting for justice
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2015
    The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP) in expressing our deepest sympathies over the tragic death of a senior journalist, paralysed in 2005 following a failed assassination
  145. Journalist severely injured in Afghanistan suicide bombing dies
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2014
    The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and the Afghanistan Independent Journalists Association (AIJA) are saddened by the news that a journalist who was severely injured in a suicide bombing two weeks ago in Kabul, Afghanistan has died.
  146. Journalists attacked covering student protests in Makassar, Indonesia
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2014
    On November 13, hundreds of police raided the Makassar State University over protests with students. A number of journalists were covering the raids when they to came under attack. Iqbal Lubis from Koran Tempo had his memory card from his camera taken.
  147. Journalists in danger
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2012
    As the United Nations Human Rights Council prepared for its Universal Periodic Review of Pakistan, Reporters Without Borders expressed alarm over growing threats to journalists’ lives and safety in many regions of the country.
  148. Journalists and media attacked during general strike in Nepal
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2015
    The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliates, the Federation of Nepali Journalists (FNJ) and the Nepal Press Union (NPU), in condemning several incidents of attacks on journalists and media workers during the general strike
  149. Journalists under physical assault in Egypt
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2011
    Supporters of President Hosni Mubarak have begun violently attacking journalists reporting on the streets of Cairo today, a shift in tactics from recent media censorship.
  150. Journalists' safety in Ukraine: IFJ/EFJ deplore five casualties in Kiev protest
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2015
    The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its European organisation the European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) back their Ukrainian affiliates the National Union of Journalists of Ukraine (NUJU) and the Independent Media Trade Union
  151. Journalist’s Murder Underscores Impunity in the Philippines
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2011
    The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliate the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP) in condemning the murder of dwEB-FM radio commentator Romeo Olea in Camarines Sur province on June 13.
  152. Justice long overdue in Anna Politkovskaya murder
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2012
    As the sixth anniversary of Anna Politkovskaya's brutal murder nears, the Committee to Protect Journalists is gravely concerned by the complete absence of justice in her killing despite government pledges to solve the crime.
  153. Kazakhstan: RFE/RL website editor beaten unconscious in Almaty
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2009
    Ermek Boltay, a young journalist who edits the website of Radio Free Europe/Radio Libertyâ##s Kazakh-language service, was beaten unconscious outside his home in Almaty on 18 January.
  154. Killing the Messenger 2014
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2015
    Over the year of 2014, many reporters haev been victimized, injured and killed. This report looks at the circumstances behind some of the deaths and raises awareness for the general lack of impunity behind reporter deaths.
  155. Kurdish paper distributor gunned down in southeastern Turkey
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2014
    Kadri Bagdu's death follows a week of violent rioting sparked by fighting in a Kurdish city near the Syrian border
  156. Leaders who publicly threaten journalists
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2015
    As a state leader, public criticism is inevitable. How you deal with it, however, is entirely up to you. When journalists put leaders in a negative light, they can choose to correct their mistakes or the can choose to respond with violence and repression. They can also react emotionally with insults, defamation and racism. This is the state of global leaders who, instead of permitting the freedom of speech, decide to slander journalists who were just doing their job.
  157. Massacre witness ambushed in the Philippines
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2014
    The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP) in expressing concern over the attack on yet another witness in the trial against those accused of the Ampatuan Massacre.
  158. Mastermind behind murder of human rights lawyer, journalist, sentenced to life in prison
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2015
    The Committee to Protect Journalists welcomes the sentencing to life in prison today of a Russian nationalist leader in connection with the 2009 fatal attack on human rights lawyer Stanislav Markelov, in which Novaya Gazeta journalist Anastasiya Baburova was also killed.
  159. Media control and intimidation a reality for 5.5 billion, says WAN-IFRA
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2011
    This year, 44 journalists have already been murdered, says the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA), which launched a review of press freedom around the world during World Newspaper Week
  160. Mexican journalist Lydia Cacho: 'I don't scare easily'
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2012
    Lydia Cacho is one of Mexico's most fearless journalists. Her investigations have led to attempts on her life, and now she has been forced to flee her country. What next?
  161. Mexico: Investigating attack on Monterrey TV studios a "test" for federal justice ministry
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2009
    Reporters Without Borders hopes for quick results from the investigation into yesterdayâ##s armed attack in Monterrey in which gunmen threw a grenade and opened fire on the regional studios of the privately-owned national TV network Televisa.
  162. Mexico: Molotov cocktails thrown at Oaxaca newspaper editor's home
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2009
    The home of Carlos Velasco Molina, the editor of the weekly El Correo de Oaxaca, in the southwestern city of Oaxaca in Mexico, is attacked.
  163. Mexico: Special federal prosecutor rules out that community journalists were killed for their work
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2008
    Reporters Without Borders today voiced astonishment at a public statement by the special federal prosecutor for dealing with attacks on the media ruling out that two young women community journalists in Oaxaca State were killed because of their work.
  164. Missing Russian journalist Andrey Stenin confirmed dead in Ukraine
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2014
    Russian journalist Andrey Stenin, missing in eastern Ukraine for a month, has been confirmed dead, RIA Novosti, the news agency where he worked, reports. He was in a vehicle traveling in a convoy of escaping civilians when it came under heavy fire.
  165. Murder attempt against pro-ChA¡vez journalist in Portuguesa state
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2009
    A murder attempt against Rafael Finol, political correspondent on the privately-owned daily El Regional in Acarigua, Portuguesa state, central-western Venezuela.
  166. Murderers of Paraguayan Journalist, Pablo Medina Velasquez, Must Be Punished
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2014
    The International Federation has joined its regional group, the Federation of Journalists in Latin America and the Caribbean (FEPALC), to express its deep shock at the murder of Paraguayan journalist, Pablo Medina Velasquez.
  167. "Muscling in on the media" – a Reporters Without Borders look at organized crime
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2011
    Reporters Without Borders has released a thematic report on what is now the single biggest threat to media freedom – organized crime.
  168. NATO attacks on national TV headquarters and installations in Tripoli
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2011
    Reporters Without Borders condemns NATO airstrikes on the Tripoli headquarters of the state-owned national TV broadcaster Al-Jamahiriya and two of its installations.
  169. Nazeeha Saeed - Raising her voice for journalists in Bahrain
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2014
    Nazeeha Saeed was detained and tortured for 13 hours while covering the 2011 uprisings in Bahrain along with her colleagues. She is now raising awareness for journalists in Bahrain.
  170. Nepalese journalist and women's rights activist brutally murdered
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2009
    Uma Singh, a Nepalese journalist and human rights activist who worked for the Janakpur Today Daily and Radio Today FM was brutually murdered on January 11.
  171. New online platform launched to protect journalists
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2014
    The European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) has joined forces with the Council of Europe (CoE) and media freedom partner agencies, in launching a new online 'rapid reaction' platform for journalists under threats.
  172. Newspaper editor gunned down on Benghazi street
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2014
    Reporters Without Borders condemns in the strongest terms newspaper editor Muftah Bu Zeid's murder in Benghazi. Gunmen in a car shot Zeid three times in the head and abdomen shortly after he got out of his own car.
  173. On the shocking death of Azerbaijani journalist Rasim Aliyev
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2015
    Institute for Reporters' Freedom and Safety is in shock over the murder of our longtime employee and board member, current Chairman Rasim Aliyev. On August 8, 2015, unknown persons beat Aliyev to within inches of his life. He died several hours later in a hospital after doctors failed to provide necessary medical treatment.
  174. 108 Journalists Killed in 2013 to Test UN Day to End Impunity
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2013
    The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) today issued a desperate appeal for governments across the world to end impunity for violence against journalists and media staff after posting 108 killings for 2013.
  175. One year on: #FindMoyameenaa
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2015
    The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliate the Maldives Journalists Association (MJA) express solidarity with the Maldivian media community as they mark the one year anniversary of the disappearance of local journalist
  176. Online newspaper editor gunned down on Maputo street
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2015
    Reporters Without Borders is alarmed to learn that Paulo Machava, the well-known editor of the online Diario de Noticias newspaper, was gunned down on a Maputo street today against a backdrop of tension for media personnel in Mozambique.
  177. Opposition radio and TV station's regional office ransacked
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2015
    Reporters Without Borders is concerned about an attack on a regional branch of Viva, a radio and TV broadcaster owned by former transitional President Andry Rajoelina, the leader of the opposition party Mapar.
  178. Other Voices: The Connexions Newsletter - September 4, 2014
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2014
    Information about the Connexions Alternative Media List and the Labor Film Archive. Articles on corporations spying on non-profits, workplace deaths, Monsanto and Ukraine, and liberal environmentalism. Topic of the week is Violence Against Journalists. Book of the week is Bold Scientists.
  179. Outrage at fatal shooting of newspaper editor in Colombo
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2009
    Reporters Without Borders is outraged by the murder of Sunday Leader editor Lasantha Wickrematunga, who was shot dead by two men on a motorcycle as he drove to work this morning in Colombo.
  180. Pakistan media staff injured as TV vans attacked
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2014
    The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) strongly condemn the attacks on Digital Satellite News Gathering (DSNG) equipment of various television stations on Islamabad on Sunday November 30
  181. Pakistan: fourth journalist killed this year
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2017
    The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) strongly condemns the killing of a journalist in Swabi, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in northwest Pakistan on Thursday, October 12.
  182. Pakistani journalist killed in his home
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2015
    The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) deplores the brutal murder of a Pakistani journalist in Jaffarabad in Balochistan province on Sunday June 28. The IFJ calls on the Pakistani government to take immediate action to bring the assailan
  183. Pakistani Journalists Left in Limbo Amid Vicious Media War
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2015
    Pakistani journalists working for BOL Network, a Pakistani media outlet co-owned by journalists, protest against the license cancellation of this organization. Protesters complain against violations of their rights.
  184. Palestine: IFJ demands justice following the killing of a journalist in Gaza
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2018
    The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joined its affiliate, the Palestinian Journalists' Syndicate (PJS), in condemning the killing of Palestinian photojournalist Yasir Murtaja and the wounding of at least 7 more journalists in Gaza.
  185. Palestinian Journalist and Teenage Daughter are Latest Victims of Israeli Attacks
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2014
    International Federation of Journalists has issued a renewed demand for safety and freedom of journalists in Gaza to be upheld following news of today’s latest media violations, including the killing of a Palestinian journalist and his daughter
  186. Palestinian media death toll reaches 13
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2014
    12 Palestinian journalists and one media worker have been killed since the start of Operation Protective Edge.
  187. Pentagon rewrites 'Law of War' declaring 'belligerent' journalists as legitimate targets
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2015
    The Pentagon has released a book of instructions on the "law of war," detailing acceptable ways of killing the enemy. The manual also states that journalists can be labeled "unprivileged belligerents," an obscure term that replaced "enemy combatant."
  188. Peter Greste talks to INSI about media safety
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2015
    After 400 days in Jail and public outcry, an Australian journalist has been released from a prison in Egypt. In his interview, Gretse emphasised the importance of making journalism safety a global conversation.
  189. Photojournalist slain in Mexico City after fleeing threats in Veracruz
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2015
    Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is appalled to learn that photojournalist Rubén Espinosa Becerril has been found murdered in Mexico City, to which he fled in early June after receiving death threats in the southeastern state of Veracruz.
  190. Police withdraw protection to senior journalists' leader despite threats for life
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2014
    The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) expresses its serious concerns towards the safety of the senior leader of the IFJ affiliate, the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ), in Lahore, Pakistan after the Punjab Police decided to
  191. Press freedom dealt a serious blow as two AFP reporters are attacked by Israeli soldiers in Nablus
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2015
    Condemnation of the appalling attack on two AFP reporters by Israeli soldiers and calling for end of impunity enjoyed by Israeli army which undermines freedom of information.
  192. Prominent woman journalist killed in suspicious fall from building
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2009
    Calling for a thorough investigation into the death of Olga Kotovskaya, a prominent journalist who apparently fell from the 14th floor of a building in the centre of Kaliningrad 6 days after a court ruled in her favour in an important case.
  193. Radio host's murder highlights dangers for journalists
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2013
    Reporters Without Borders is deeply saddened by radio journalist Joash Dignos' targeted killing in Valencia City, on the southern island of Mindanao.
  194. Rally in support of French journalists held hostage for past 18 months
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2011
    Reporters Without Borders continues to press for the release of the only journalists currently held hostage anywhere in the world, French TV reporters Hervé Ghesquière and Stéphane Taponier, who were kidnapped exactly a year and a half ago.
  195. Religious extremists murder fourth blogger in Bangladesh
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2015
    The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) strongly deplores the murder of Niladri Chattopadhyay on August 7 in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
  196. Reporter gunned down three days after presidential license to kill
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2015
    Reporters Without Borders is appalled by the situation in South Sudan where President Salva Kiir, speaking at a news conference, threatened to have journalists murdered if they "work against their country" and where reporter Peter Moi was gunned dow
  197. Reporter shot dead while investigating illegal logging
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2014
    Cambodian journalist Taing Try was shot dead yesterday while investigating illegal logging in the southern province of Kratie with five other journalists. Three suspects have been arrested.
  198. Reporters arrested, roughed up while covering Occupy Wall Street protests
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2011
    The often violent response to the Occupy Wall Street campaign that is growing in the United States and elsewhere is affecting the freedom to inform. Reporters Without Borders condemns the arrests of reporters in recent weeks, especially in New York.
  199. Riot police deliberately attack journalists covering street demonstrations
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2012
    Reporters Without Borders roundly condemns a new wave of deliberate attacks on reporters and photographers in Athens and calls on the security forces to immediately identify those persons within their ranks who were responsible.
  200. Roll Call of Loss and Tragedy Continues, Says IFJ Report of Media staff Killed in 2010
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2011
    The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) today published the full report of journalists and media staff killed during 2010, saying that 94 media fatalities last year demonstrate the increasing risks facing journalists around the globe.
  201. RSF and JDS urge new president to end violence against journalists
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2015
    In the wake of Sri Lanka's 8 January presidential election, Reporters Without Borders and Journalists for Democracy in Sri Lanka (JDS) call on the new president, Maithripala Sirisena, to end the policy of violence against journalists
  202. RSF tells Netanyahu attitude of Israeli soldiers towards media is unacceptable
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2015
    In response to recent cases of violence against journalists by members of Israel's security forces, Reporters Without Borders writes to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu asking him to end the climate of impunity enjoyed by the Israel Defenc
  203. RWB appeals to media outlets to publish Charlie Hebdo cartoons
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2015
    In response to today's shocking attack on the satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo that cost 12 lives, Reporters Without Borders issues an international appeal to media editors to begin publishing Charlie Hebdo's cartoons tomorrow.
  204. RWB publishes 2014 round-up of violence against journalists
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2014
    Reporters Without Borders is today publishing its round-up of abuses against journalists in 2014. According to RWB’s tally, 66 journalists were murdered this year, bringing to 720 the number of journalists killed in connection with their work in the past 10 years. A total of 119 journalists were kidnapped this year. Forty journalists are currently being held hostage.
  205. Safer, Smarter Journalism: Digital Security Need for South Asia's Journalists
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2016
    The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and the South Asia Media Solidarity Network (SAMSN) have launched Safer, Smarter Journalism, a week-long digital security campaign to build digital security awareness and skills for South Asia's jou
  206. Safety and Justice: Protecting Journalists in the Middle East and the Arab World
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2012
    Declaration adopted by the regional conference entitled " Safety and Justice: Protecting Journalists in the Middle East and the Arab World" held in Cairo , Egypt from 4 to 5 April.
  207. Safety protocol with 16 points for journalists covering conflict zones
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2017
    The Journalists Union of Turkey (TGS) in partnership with the European and International Federation of Journalists (EFJ-IFJ) successfully organised a 2-day Safety Workshop in Diyarbakir
  208. Saudi Arabia: Imprisoned editor Raef Badawi to be flogged 1,000 times
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2014
    According to PEN’s Information, Raef Badawi, who was sentenced by a Saudi Arabian court to 10 years in prison, 1,000 lashes , a fine, a 10-year travel ban and 10-year media participation ban for “insulting Islam” and “founding a liberal website”, will be flogged 1,000 times in November 2014.
  209. SEAJU & IFJ call on new Indonesian President to tackle country’s impunity record
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2014
    The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins the South East Asian Journalist Unions (SEAJU) in urging Indonesia's government to push for justice for journalists killed in the line of duty.
  210. Self-censorship, exile or certain death: the choice faced by journalists in Ciudad JuA¡rez
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2009
    Reporters Without Borders and the Centre for Journalism and Public Ethics (CEPET) are releasing the results of a joint fact-finding visit to the northern city of Ciudad JuA¡rez Chihuahua, that was prompted by the murder of Armando RodrA#guez CarreA#n
  211. Several journalists attacked while covering Freedom March in Pakistan
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2014
    Committee to Protect Journalists calls on all sides to respect the role of journalists and media workers covering an anti-government demonstration in Pakistan. Journalists from various news outlets have been attacked while covering the Freedom March
  212. Shock and Outrage at Murder of Senior Journalist in Mumbai
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2011
    The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) is shocked and outraged at the daylight murder of Jyotirmoy Dey, senior journalist and special investigations editor with the afternoon daily Midday, in the western Indian city of Mumbai.
  213. Shooting attacks on media personnel leave two dead, two wounded
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2015
    Reporters Without Borders is appalled by a spate of attacks on media personnel in Pakistan that has left two dead and two wounded in the past 24 hours.
  214. The silencing crime: Sexual violence and journalists
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2011
    Few cases of sexual assault against journalists have ever been documented, a product of powerful cultural and professional stigmas. But now dozens of journalists are coming forward to say they have been sexually abused in the course of their work.
  215. 62 reporters killed in 2008, Reporters without Borders reports
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2009
    Press Freedom Round-up 2008: Better figures despite a hostile climate and more Internet repression.
  216. Slain cartoonists at Charlie Hebdo were allies of anti-nuclear movement
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2015
    Several of the cartoonists at Charlie Hebdo were close allies of the French anti-nuclear movement, even providing cartoons to the French anti-nuclear network.
  217. Sources HotLink - June 30, 2016
    Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical)
    Published: 2016
    Articles about the FBI and the information it gathers, Donald Trump and the media, and the role of pharmaceutical companies in suppressing information.
  218. South East Asian Media Unite to Combat Impunity, Censorship and Wage Insecurity
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2014
    The South East Asian Journalists Unions (SEAJU) have taken a united stand to combat the rampant state of impunity for journalist attacks in the region and to bring their unions together to advocate on the common issues central to the craft.
  219. Special Focus: Israeli Occupying Forces Assault Journalists in the OPT
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2015
    As Israeli violations escalate against Palestinians in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT), journalists and media professionals have also been the subjects of Israeli attacks.
  220. Sri Lanka: Government urged to punish violence against independent media outlets after new attack
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2009
    A pre-dawn attack by a dozen heavily-armed men that badly damaged the studios of the Maharaja Television/Broadcasting Network (MTV/MBC) in Pannipitiya, near Colombo, after charges that the networkâ##s reporting was not â#opatrioticâ## enough.
  221. Syria, Iraq, Egypt most deadly nations for journalists
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2013
    The conflict in Syria, a spike in Iraqi bloodshed, and political violence in Egypt accounted for the high number of journalists killed on the job in 2013.
  222. Syria: IFJ condemns killing of Russia Today journalist
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2017
    A Russia Today (RT) correspondent was killed and a cameraman injured in a rocket attack by the Islamic State (IS) militants on Sunday 30 July in Homs province, Syria.
  223. Targeted violence against journalists by police dispersing protest
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2015
    Reporters Without Borders condemns targeted Armenian police violence against journalists at dawn yesterday in Yerevan, when the authorities used force to disperse a sit-in by large crowd of demonstrators protesting against electricity price hikes.
  224. Thai military leader threatens to execute journalists
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2015
    The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and the National Union of Journalists, Thailand (NUJT) deplores the comments made by Thai military junta leader Prayuth Chan-ocha against journalists.
  225. 13 Journalists Killed in Gaza: Palestinian Protest Rally Demands End Attacks
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2014
    The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has joined its affiliate, the Palestinian Journalists Syndicate (PJS), to express its outrage and condemnation at the 13 media workers who have to date been killed in the Gaza region.
  226. 39 years on and still no justice for Balibo Five
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2014
    The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliate the Media, Entertainment & Arts Alliance (MEAA) expressing strong concern that the Australian Federal Police (AFP) hasn’t yet asked Indonesian authorities to help prosecute
  227. Threatening email orders Bangladeshi media to fire women
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2015
    Reporters Without Borders condemns the threats against news media and bloggers contained in a email that was sent to a score of Bangladeshi print and broadcast media outlets on 19 October, and calls on the authorities to take concrete measures
  228. Time for Action to Free Hostage Journalists in Afghanistan after 500 Days of Captivity, Says IFJ
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2011
    The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its European group the European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) today joined events marking the 500 days of captivity of two French journalists, Hervé Guesquières and Stéphane Taponier.
  229. Turkey: Kurdish daily attacked and 32 journalists interrogated
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2015
    The offices of the Kurdish daily newspaper Azadiya Welat and Kurdish news agency DIHA in Diyabakir (Turkey) have been attacked on 28/09/2015 by police forces and 32 journalists and media workers were taken into custody for interrogation
  230. TV journalists attacked by Indian railway police
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2015
    The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliate the National Union of Journalists – India (NUJI) in strongly criticizing the attack on journalists from a local television channel by local police in Bhubaneswar, Odisha of India
  231. TV office attacked in Islamabad
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2016
    The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) condemns the attack on the Islamabad office of the Pakistani television channel ARY News on Wednesday, January 13, 2016. The IFJ demands an immediate investigation into the attack by authorities.
  232. TV presenter slaughtered in Bangladesh
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2014
    The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and the Bangladesh Manobadhikar Sangbadik Forum (BMSF) deplore the slaughter murder of a television host in Dhaka on Wednesday night, August 27.
  233. Two arrested five years after journalist's disappearance
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2015
    The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliate the Free Media Movement (FMM) welcome the arrest of two former military officials over the disappearance of Prageeth Eknaligoda. The IFJ and FMM urge the government to ensure the investigation is thoroughly completed and all those responsible are brought to justice.
  234. Two journalists among 17 killed in Israeli raid on Gaza market
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2014
    Two Palestinian journalists were killed July 30 in an Israeli air raid on a crowded market in the Shijaiyah neighbourhood, east of Gaza City.
  235. 2013: Another Year Of Slaughter In Iraq Claims The Lives Of At Least 21 Media Professionals
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2014
    In Iraq , at least 404 media professionals have been killed since the US invasion in 2003, among them 374 Iraqis, according to The B Russell Tribunal statistics. The impunity in Iraq is far worse than anywhere else in the world.
  236. Uganda: Ten reporters injured by security forces while covering opposition leader’s return
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2011
    At least 10 Ugandan and foreign journalists were physically attacked by soldiers yesterday while covering opposition leader Kizza Besigye’s return to Uganda from Kenya.
  237. Ukraine: IFJ/EFJ condemns arson attack on TV station
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2016
    The International and European Federation of Journalists, (IFJ) and (EFJ), today joined their Ukrainian affiliates in condemning an arson attack that set ablaze the headquarters of private broadcaster Inter TV in Kiev, Ukraine.
  238. UN call to stop attacks on Palestinian journalists
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2018
    The IFJ has welcomed calls by United Nations Special Rapporteur Michael Lynk that freedom of the media and the rights of journalists must be respected and that Israel should stop targeting Palestinian journalists.
  239. UN Council: Israel Intentionally Shot Children and Journalists in Gaza
    Officials say killings are part of Israel's 'obligation'
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2019
    A short piece on the UN Human Rights Council report on Israel's firing on unarmed protesters.
  240. UN Day to End Impunity: Governments Must Protect Media Workers as Attacks Spiral Out of Control
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2014
    The International Federation of Journalists is marking the inaugural UN Day to End Impunity by calling on governments worldwide to address the issue of impunity for violence against journalists as intimidation, abuse and violence of media workers
  241. Unacceptable police violence against journalists covering demonstrations
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2010
    Reporters Without Borders calls on the Greek authorities to publicly condemn cases of police violence against journalists during the demonstrations of the past few weeks and to give the police clear instructions not to use violence against media.
  242. We Are All – Fill in the Blank
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2015
    We should condemn violence and terror, and defend freedom of the press. We should do so on the basis of consistent principles -- in contrast to the mainstream media and politicians, who condemn acts directed at 'us' but condone or ignore crimes committed by 'our side'.
  243. Woman journalist found with throat cut in southern Libya
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2014
    Reporters Without Borders is shocked to learn that Naseeb Miloud Karfana, a TV journalist based in the southern city of Sabha, was murdered on 29 May.
  244. World condemns impunity while another Pakistan assassination takes toll to 14
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2014
    The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliate the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) deplore the brutal assassination of a journalist in Sindh province yesterday and demand the immediate arrest and persecution of the
  245. World cup coverage highlights importance for Journalists' security
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2014
    Article detailing the trials and tribulations journalists faced leading to the start of the World Cup in Brazil, and calls for measures to improve conditions for mediapeople in the future.
  246. A year after James Foley and Steven Sotloff murders, more awareness of risks
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2015
    Journalists who regularly cover violence are considered a hard-boiled bunch. But a year ago this month, even the toughest were crying. There was no emotional body armour to deflect the horror of the beheading videos of freelancers James Foley, Steven Sotloff, and other Westerners held hostage in Syria by the self-styled Islamic State, also known as ISIS, ISIL, or IS.
  247. Yemen: IFJ calls on UN to exert pressure for release of 10 journalists on hunger strike in Houthi jails
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2016
    The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) calls on the United Nations envoy in Yemen to act to help secure the immediate release of 10 jailed journalists amid growing concerns about their health and allegations of torture.

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