Europe

August 26, 2024

Press Freedom Groups Call on EU to Sanction Israel for Targeting Journalists

August 26, 2024 – Palestine – Sixty international press freedom and human rights organizations issued a joint statement urging the European Union to take immediate action […]
August 9, 2024

Four Years On, Belarusian Press Faces Persistent Repression as 37 Journalists Remain Jailed

August 09, 2024 – Belarus –  Marking four years since Belarus’s widely discredited presidential election, the International and European Federations of Journalists (IFJ and EFJ), along […]
August 1, 2024

Georgia’s “Foreign Agent” Law Threatens Media Freedom, IFJ Urges Immediate Withdrawal

August 01, 2024 – Georgia –  Georgia enacted a controversial Transparency of Foreign Influence law requiring media outlets and civil society organizations that receive over 20% […]
July 3, 2024

Ukrainian journalist Dmytro Gordon unjustly sentenced to 14 years in Russian prison

July 03, 2024 – Russia – Moscow military court delivered a 14‑year prison sentence, in absentia, to renowned Ukrainian journalist and YouTuber Dmytro (Dmitry) Gordon. The […]
May 30, 2024

Two Years After Frédéric Leclerc‑Imhoff’s Death in Ukraine, RSF and Family Demand Justice

May 30, 2024 – Russia/Ukraine –  Vetérán French journalist Frédéric Leclerc‑Imhoff, a camera operator with BFMTV, was killed by shell shrapnel near Sievierodonetsk while covering a […]