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A National Action Plan (NAP) on the Safety of Journalists, was adopted at the end of a three-day consultative forum organised by IFJ-affiliate, the National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) in Mogadishu with the support of the African Union and with the technical assistance of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) and UNESCO. The International Federation of Journalists welcomes the plan and supports its affiliate in the fight to end the spiral of violence targeting journalists and the c...

Journalist Ilinka Iljoska was threatened by employees of a state enterprise for public cleaning, after she photographed some of the garbage in a park near her home.

Sen. Bong Go has filed a bill seeking to provide enhanced protection, security and benefits for media and entertainment workers.

Since the Taliban took control of Afghanistan on August 15 last year, the war-ravaged country has lost 39.59 per cent of its media outlets and 59.86 per cent of

The body of a Mexican journalist killed by a blow to the head was found in the border city of San Luis Rio Colorado in Mexico, state prosecutors said Tuesday.

Journalists in Cambodia are increasingly being subjected to various forms of harassment and pressure, as well as violence, a report published by the UN Human Ri

Anti-government protesters entered the building of the Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation on July 14, harassing journalists in the office and forcing its broadcast off-air. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its Sri Lankan affiliates, the Free Media Movement (FMM) and the Federation of Media Employees Trade Unions (FMETU), condemn the attack and call for an end to harassment against media workers in Sri Lanka.

Hundreds of Afghan journalists fled the Taliban takeover last year, but many more chose to stay in spite of the regimes hostility. Faced with the loss of press freedom advocates, Hujatullah Mujadidi, of IFJ affiliate the Afghan Independent Journalists Association (AIJA), opted to stay in Kabul, writes Masood Farivar for Voice of America.

The AJM found that the frequency of attacks and threats against media workers increases in turbulent political situations, especially during elections. Moreover, impunity for attacks on journalists is prevalent, an issue that requires more serious commitment from law enforcement and judicial authorities:

The Journalists’ Solidarity Centers, which the National Union of Journalists of Ukraine, with the support of the International and European Federations of Journalists (IFJ-EFJ) opened in Lviv, Ivano-Frankivsk, and Chernivtsi, were visited by 196 journalists during 50 days of their work. Most of them represent regional media (78% of appeals) and regions such as Donetsk region, including Mariupol, Kherson region, Kyiv region, and Kyiv.