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The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has joined its affiliate, the National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ), to call on Somali authorities to carry out a thorough investigation into the killing of the radio journalist, Yusuf Ahmed Abukar Keynan, who was murdered in Mogadishu on Saturday morning, 21 June. According to the NUSOJ, an explosive device ripped through Keynan’s car at...

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has called on Iranian authorities to immediately revoke their decision not to allow Mashaallah Shamsalwaezen, the vice president of IFJ’s affiliate the Association of Iranian Journalists (AoIJ), to travel outside Iran. According to the AoIJ, Shamsalwaezen, a journalist and political analyst, has received a note from Iranian authorities telling...

Zimbabwean authorities should drop charges against the editor of the state-controlled Sunday Mail and release him immediately, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. Police arrested Edmund Kudzayi, editor of the Sunday Mail, on Thursday morning after raiding his office at Herald House in the capital, Harare, according to reports. On Saturday, Kudzayi was charged with "attempting to...

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliate the Federation of Nepali Journalists (FNJ) in expressing serious concerns over the proposed Contempt of the Court Bill. The bill, registered on June 9 in the Legislature Parliament by the government, defines contempt of court including obstructing the implementation of justice delivery, influencing a sub judicial matter...

The International Press Institute (IPI) Monday called on the Brazilian government to implement measures approved by the country’s Human Rights Secretariat to promote the safety of journalists covering protests currently taking place in various cities across Brazil. Nineteen Brazilian and international journalists were attacked in Brazil between June 12, the day the ongoing World Cup began, and...

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) is deeply concerned that a notice issued by China’s media regulator to State-controlled media outlets appears to forbid publication of “critical reports” and could create excuses for management to impose self-censorship. The notice was issued by the State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television (SAPPRFT) on June 18...

The World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) and the World Editors Forum today strongly condemned the guilty verdicts against three Al Jazeera journalists accused of spreading false news and of aiding a banned terrorist organisation. The organisations that together represent over 18,000 titles and 15,000 online news sites worldwide, called on recently elected Egyptian...

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has joined the world community to condemn today’s verdict by a Cairo court in the case involving journalists from Al Jazeera English and has called on Egyptian authorities to urgently intervene to free the three journalists who have been detained for simply doing their jobs. Nairobi-based Al Jazeera English reporter, Australian Peter Greste, Al...

A Cairo court sentenced three Al Jazeera English staff members to multi-year prison sentences on June 23, 2014, after a trial in which prosecutors failed to present any credible evidence of criminal wrongdoing. These convictions are the latest step in Egypt’s unrelenting assault on free expression, dramatically reversing gains made following the January 25, 2011 uprising. The verdict comes the...

Prominent Iranian journalist and IPI World Press Freedom Hero Mashallah Shamsolvaezin has been requested to appear in front of Iran’s Revolutionary Court within three days, sources told the International Press Institute (IPI) on Sunday. In a separate letter Shamsolvaezin received from the Revolutionary Court, the journalist was also informed that he was banned from travelling outside of the...