Europe

September 16, 2024

RSF Condemns Malaysian Court Ruling in Defamation Case Targeting Investigative Journalist Clare Rewcastle Brown

September 16, 2024 – Malaysia/UK –  The Federal Court of Malaysia has dismissed British investigative journalist Clare Rewcastle Brown’s final appeal in a civil defamation lawsuit brought by […]
September 13, 2024

Crimean Journalist Remzi Bekirov Endures Continued Harassment and Solitary Confinement in Russian Prison

September 13, 2024 – Crimea –  Remzi Bekirov, an ethnic Crimean Tatar journalist from the Russian-occupied Crimea, continues to face severe harassment in jail as his […]
September 12, 2024

Poland: IFJ and EFJ Support Bauer Media Workers Demanding Fair Wages and Labor Rights

September 12, 2024 – Poland – The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and the European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) have joined forces with German media union […]
September 12, 2024

Mali Suspends TV5Monde and LCI in Escalating Clampdown on Foreign Media

September 12, 2024 – Greece –  Mali’s media regulator, the High Authority for Communication (HAC), has suspended two French television channels—TV5Monde and LCI—over their coverage of […]
September 11, 2024

RSF Suspends Participation in Slovakia’s Press Freedom Advisory Body Over Government Interference

September 11, 2024 – Slovakia –  Reporters Without Borders (RSF), alongside the Investigative Centre of Jan Kuciak (ICJK), has suspended their participation in Slovakia’s government-backed Platform for […]
September 3, 2024

Russia Labels Exiled Journalist Galina Timchenko a “Foreign Agent” as Media Repression Intensifies

September 03, 2024 – Russia –  The Russian Ministry of Justice has officially branded Galina Timchenko, co-founder and editor-in-chief of the independent news site Meduza, as […]
September 3, 2024

UK: IFJ and NUJ concerned over 24-hour arrest of journalist Richard Medhurst using terrorism legislation

September 03, 2024 – Source: IFJ –  The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliate, the National Union of Journalists (NUJ) in the UK and […]
August 30, 2024

Russian journalist Sergey Mikhaylov sentenced to 8 years in prison

August 30, 2024 – Russia –  The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the sentencing Friday of Russian journalist Sergey Mikhaylov to eight years in prison on “fake news” charges and […]