‘Stop the light going out and fund the World Service now’, BBC journalists urge government
Journalists at the BBC World Service have urged the UK government to deliver a proper funding agreement amid reports of a real-terms budget freeze.
NUJ statement on assassination plot of Iran International journalists
Union response to new details of a plan by Iranian authorities to kill UK-based journalists.
NUJ World Service briefing December 2022
The BBC is cutting the World Service’s budget by £28.5m per year from April 2023, with 382 posts (almost one in five) to go. This NUJ briefing explains the impact of the cuts to the service.
UN votes to investigate Iran’s crackdown on protesters
Journalists reporting the anti-government demonstrations are also targeted.
NUJ statement on threats to journalists at Iran International
Two British-Iranian journalists for the UK-based Persian-language TV channel have been warned of a possible risk to their lives.
NUJ condemns further threats from Iranian government on journalists at BBC Persian and Iran International
The union also called on the BBC to reverse its decision to close BBC Persian Radio.
Afghanistan: NUJ condemns ongoing media crackdown
Restrictions on media reporting enforced by the Taliban have intensified in recent weeks, with several journalists arrested and international news broadcasters taken off air.
BBC files UN complaint about online violence towards women journalists
The NUJ says the "truly chilling" threats must be stopped
NUJ backs censure of Iran over targeting of reporter in Iran International’s bureau in Israel
The union has condemned the constant harassment of Iranian journalists by the country’s authorities.
BBC News Persian
The BBC has marked International Human Rights Day by calling upon Iran to end the escalating cross-border harassment and threats towards its journalists.
