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Journalists continue to be targeted with impunity in every corner of the world – media workers are brutalized, gunned down and kidnapped by the enemies of press freedom.
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Candlelight vigil in solidarity with journalists in Gaza
Journalists killed in the Israeli attacks on Gaza were remembered by a candlelit vigil in Brussels organised by the International Federation of Journa...
Palestine: at least 45 journalists and media workers killed in Gaza
IFJ and NUJ call for an immediate investigation into their deaths. NUJ Brussels branch holds a candlelit vigil on Monday 27 November.
Philippines: radio anchor shot dead during live broadcast
Radio anchor Juan Jumalon was killed by an unidentified assailant inside his home-based studio in the southern Misamis Occidental province while live...
Palestine: IFJ responds to accusations that Israel is targeting journalists in Gaza
NUJ joins concerns as the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) hears reports from Gaza that Israeli forces are targeting journalists.
Israel: UN concludes that IDF "intentionally or recklessly" killed Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Akleh
The UN report concluded the Israeli security forces used lethal force without justification. UPDATE: Shireen Abu Akleh shrine has been desecrated in t...
Lebanon: Israeli strike kills Reuters journalist and injures six others
Reuters video journalist Issam Abdallah was killed on 13 October by an Israeli strike in southern Lebanon, while providing video signal for broadcaste...
Palestine: at least six journalists killed in Gaza
Six Palestinian journalists have been killed, several injured and others are missing during on-going military operations between Hamas and Israel in t...
Irish government pressed to hold an investigation into the murder of Martin O’Hagan
NUJ writes to Micheál Martin, Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs, renewing its call for urgent action 22 years after Martin O'Hagan's death.
On the anniversary of Martin O’Hagan’s death, the NUJ renews its call for an international investigation
The Sunday World investigative journalist was killed by a paramilitary gang in Lurgan on September 28, 2001.
DM2023: tribute to Dom Phillips
Domonique Davies, niece of the environmental journalist killed in Brazil, spoke to conference.
IFJ killing list reveals 68 deaths of media workers and 375 in prison
The International Federation of Journalists has published its full annual report on journalists and media staff killed and those behind bars in 2022.
Two men to stand trial for murder of journalist Lyra McKee
Peter Cavanagh, 35, and Jordan Devine, 22, are charged with killing of journalist in Derry in 2019
68 journalists killed in 2022 worldwide
Annual figures from the International Federation of Journalists report deaths spanning continents, with Ukraine the most dangerous for journalists in ...
IFJ records 67 killings of journalists and media staff
New figures released by the International Federation of Journalists reveal an increase in the number of journalists murdered while undertaking their w...
For Dom, Bruno & the Amazon
Month long exhibition across Lancaster honours NUJ member Dom Phillips, and indigenous expert Bruno Pereira killed in the Amazon.
Lawyers request access to firearm and bullet that killed Shireen Abu Akleh
A team from Doughty Street Chambers and Bindmans LLP submitting a complaint to the International Criminal Court, have sought urgent access to evidence...
Dom Phillips – The Subterranean
Neil Cooper remembers the journalist Dom Phillips, who has been killed with the activist Bruno Pereira in Brazil.
India: journalist Subhash Kumar Mahto killed
NUJ condemns murder of second journalist killed in India this year.
NUJ condemns killing of Al Jazeera journalist
NUJ sends condolences to family and friends of respected journalist Shireen Abu Akleh.
Pakistan's government must ensure safety of journalists
The NUJ has condemned attacks against media workers in Pakistan, resulting in the death of journalist Zia-Ur-Rehman Farooqi.