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Cumhuriyet journalists face trial in Turkey
21 July 2017: The charges carry up to 43 year sentences and Turkey is already the world’s leading jailor of journalists.
Unions monitor criminal trial of journalists in Turkey
20 June 2017: IFJ/EFJ observer sent to Istanbul to monitor the first trial of journalists accused of participating in the failed coup.
IFJ condemns blocking websites & arrests in Palestine
20 June 2017: Blocking websites and arresting journalists is a grave breach of press freedom and journalists' fundamental rights.
Defending press freedom should be our response to Jo Cox's murder
15 June 2017: Let's rededicate ourselves to the battle for press freedom as part of the Great Get Together in memory of the Yorkshire MP's life and work, says NUJ president Tim Dawson.
IFJ blames Hamas for journalist's 'outrageous' detention
14 June 2017: The global federation has joined the Palestinian union in urging the authorities to free Jaradah and respect press freedom in Gaza.
Union action saluted on World Press Freedom Day as report highlights attacks on independent journalism
3 May 2017: From Manila to Lima, Kuala Lumpur, Kiev and Ougadougou, a new survey’s findings paint a grim picture of the threat to media freedom.
IFJ welcomes imminent release of Palestinian union leader
9 February 2017: Omar Nazzal was arrested on his way to Sarajevo to attend a meeting of the European Federation of Journalists.
Turkey's journalists detained following reports on Erdogan's leaked emails
10 January 2017: More journalists detained during police operation in Istanbul, Ankara and Diyarbakir. Union federations call for their immediate release and demand response from Turkish minister of justice, Bekir Bozdag.
Journalists detained & tortured in Egypt
4 October 2016: Their lawyer has said the journalists Hamdy Mokhtar, Mohamed Hassan and Osama al-Bishbishi have been 'beaten and electrocuted'.
Omar Nazzal's detention without trial extended
22 August 2016: Palestinian journalist and union leader Omar Nazzal remains in detention without trial for at least another three months.
