The IFJ is the global voice of journalists and represents 600,000 journalists (in 190 affiliates) in 146 countries.
IFJ General Secretary :
@abellanger49
📢Today we launch the
#FreeAssangeNOW
campaign to call on the
#US
🇺🇸 government to drop all charges against
#JulianAssange
and allow him to return home with his family.
Punishing Assange for exposing war crimes poses a threat to all journalists worldwide
👉
#HongKong
🇭🇰: China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs revoked press passes of journalists working in Hong Kong and Macau for
@nytimes
@WSJ
and
@washingtonpost
. We stand for the free flow of information to face coronavirus pandemic. Stop targeting journalists.
#FreeAssange
CIA planned to kidnap or assassinate Assange, ex-officials say. If these accusations are true, it would cast a long shadow over all independent journalism. We are calling for a full investigation via
@MailOnline
#India
🇮🇳 Journalist and
@AltNews
co-founder, Mohammed Zubair was arrested for a Twitter post allegedly hurting religious sentiment. Together with our affiliate
@iju_india
we condemn Zubair's arrest and call for his immediate release
@ifjasiapacific
Condenamos junto a la
@EFJEUROPE
la brutal agresión al fotoperiodista
@jordiborras
en
#Barcelona
. Es intolerable que un agente de policía, que debe proteger la libertad de prensa, ataque así a un periodista. Todo nuestro apoyo! 💪
#PressFreedom
#Espa
ña 👇
#HongKong
🇭🇰: 98% of journalists oppose China’s controversial national security law targeting “separatism, subversion of state power, terrorism and interference.” The law puts
#PressFreedom
and freedom of expression at risk
#HongKong
🇭🇰: A survey conducted by the Hong Kong Journalists Association (HKJA) into police violence against journalists has revealed the violent reality of working journalists in Hong Kong, signifying a sharp decline in
#PressFreedom
Quick reminder that journalist and IFJ International Press Card holder Julian Assange has been detained in a maximum-security prison in the
#UK
🇬🇧 since April 2019 for exposing US crimes during the war in Iraq and Afghanistan
#FreeAssangeNOW
We demand an effective protection for
#whistleblowers
in
#Spain
. Without it, sources may be deterred from assisting the press in informing on matters of public interest. All our support to
@iescolar
and
@raquelejerique
. Telling the truth is never a crime!
#FreeAssangeNOW
: The UK decision to allow the extradition of Assange is vindictive and a real blow to media freedom. He has simply exposed issues that were in the public interest and Patel's failure to acknowledge this is shameful and sets a terrible precedent
#HongKong
🇭🇰: Police officers raided the private offices of pro-democracy activist and media tycoon
@JimmyLaiApple
. We urge the Hong Kong police to release Lai and cease biased investigation towards pro-democracy media institutions
#FreedomOfExpression
🔴 We are appalled by the UK High Court’s rejection of Assange’s appeal. The US government must drop all charges against him and close the case.
"If Assange goes to jail, no journalist on earth will be safe," IFJ President
@DomPradalie
.
#FreeAssangeNOW
"Julian Assange, Edward Snowden, Chelsea Manning and Sarah Harrisson are the resistance fighters of the 21st century. They sacrificed their freedom for telling the truth"
#FreeAssange
✊
Prominent full-page advertisement at the
@thetimes
calling for
#JulianAssange
immediate release. "The
#UK
🇬🇧 will not be a safe place for journalists and publishers whilst Assange remains in prison facing extradition".
Thank you for this,
@NUJofficial
!
#FreeAssange
#UK
🇬🇧: Journalist Richard Medhurst was arrested for 24 hours using terrorism legislation. In a letter with
@NUJofficial
, we expressed our grave concern to UK Head of Counter Terrorism Policing about an apparent crackdown on both journalists and activists.
UK 🇬🇧 Julian
#Assange
wins high court victory in case against extradition to US
In London, the IFJ President,
@dpradalie
, welcomes the High Court judges' decision.
#Italy
🇮🇹 : We stand in solidarity with journalist
@robertosaviano
, whose TV programme on public broadcaster RAI was cancelled due to reported pressure from the far-right government. Freedom of expression is the cornerstone of democracy!
@FnsiSocial
IFJ GS
@abellanger49
on the killing of Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Aqleh 👇
"While the full details of this horrific murder are still emerging, testimony from journalists who were with her when she was killed point towards this being another deliberate... (1/4)
#FreeAssange
Hearings for the extradition of
#Wikileaks
founder Julian Assange to the United States will resume tomorrow in the UK for at least three weeks. We denounce an unrelenting judicial and political harassment. 👇🏾
#HongKong
🇭🇰: Media magnate
@JimmyLaiApple
has been denied bail after being formally charged with fraud on December 3. We strongly condemn his repeated arrests and calls for the authorities to respect Hong Kong’s constitutional commitment to
#PressFreedom
#HongKong
🇭🇰: Police arrested producer Choy Yuk Ling in relation to a
@rthk_enews
documentary about the 2019 Yuen Long mob attacks. The introduction of the National Security Law has brought with it a disturbing increase in the arrest of
#MediaWorkers
📣94 journalists, including 9 women, were killed this year, 72% in the Gaza war, says IFJ ahead of International Human rights Day
"The requirement for decisive action is urgent. We need a new global standard for the protection of journalists"
@dompradalie
📢 "We, journalists and journalistic organizations around the globe, express our grave concern for Mr Assange’s wellbeing, for his continued detention and for the draconian espionage charges"
We invite you to sign this open letter to support
#Assange
👉
On 3 July,
#JulianAssange
will celebrate his 50th birthday behind bars and suffering ill in poor health. We condemn once again the detention and prosecution of journalist and IFJ press card holder Julian Assange
#FreeAssange
#AssangeWeek
👇
📢 We are gravely concerned about the impact of Julian Assange's continued detention on media freedom and the rights of all journalists globally. That's why we demand once again to
#dropallcharges
and
#FreeAssangeNOW
!
@wikileaks
#HongKong
🇭🇰: Online radio host Wan Yiu-sing has been arrested on suspicion of money laundering and incitement of secession under the new national security law. We call for his release and for full details of the allegations to be made public
#PressFreedom
📢 "There are lots of good reasons why Assange should be released, but none are more important than the collective damage to journalists that is done each and every day he is behind bars," writes
@TimDawsn
#IFJ
DGS.
@wikileaks
@DEAcampaign
@Stella_Assange
#FreeAssange
: Some good news for Julian Assange👏🏾. It’s clear that extraditing Julian to the United States would put his life in extreme danger. Once again, we demand his unconditional release.
#PressFreedom
#China
🇨🇳 The case of independent chinese journalist Zhang Zhan, imprisoned for reporting the pandemic from Wuhan, tops the '10 most urgent' list of
@OneFreePress
, focused on threats against press freedom and media workers in 2020. She must be released now
The British Supreme Court has denied
#JulianAssange
permission to appeal the decision to extradite him to the
#US
🇺🇸, where his life would be at risk. He must be released immediately and receive all the care that his medical situation requires
@wikileaks
🔴 Today is
#Assange
's 52nd birthday, his 11th without freedom. If extradited to the US, he faces a jail term of up to 175 years. We reiterate our call: don't silence journalists, don't extradite Assange!
➡️ Join our campaign to
#FreeAssangeNOW
:
📢
#Assange
tells
@IFJglobal
president,
@DomPradalie
– "if the United States applies its domestic laws to prosecute an Australian journalist, publishing in Europe, nothing will stop China, or any other country, from doing the same."
➡️
#FreeAssangeNow
"I brought Julian's International Federation of Journalists' Press card and his australian union card because some people try to argue whether Julian is a journalist"
@withMEAA
#HappeningNow
📣 -
#IFJ
President
@DomPradalie
and
@Stella_Assange
attend the inauguration of the exhibition ‘The Assange Case: Awards and Rewards’ in the EP in
#Strasbourg
. Prosecuting Assange threatens press freedom and all journalists around the world. We demand his release!
#EU
#Copyrightirective
makes a mockery of journalists' authors' rights by promoting buy-out contracts and bullying to force journalists to sign away their rights and giving publishers a free ride to make more profits while journos receive 0
@abellanger49
🌐First media groups that published
@wikileaks
material 12 years ago come together to oppose Julian Assange' prosecution and to urge the United States to drop charges against him. We join their call and demand, once again, to
#FreeAssangeNOW
!
Will the world develop amnesia over
@narendramodi
attacks on the free press and dissent in
#India
🇮🇳?
For months, journalist
@RanaAyyub
has had to face accusations and harassment for her criticism of the Indian government. This is her story 👇
#FreeAssangeNOW
: Speak up against Julian Assange’s continued detention and the grave threat his extradition to the US would pose to press freedom and democracy. Join our campaign and contact the US embassy in your country without delay!
#FreeAssange
: The US appeal over the decision not to extradite Julian Assange is to be heard today by the High Court. All charges against
#Assange
must be dropped. "The allegations that swirl around this case beggar belief"
@abellanger49
@NUJofficial
#Pakistan
🇵🇰: Journalist
#ImranRiazKhan
was arrested on May 11 at Sialkot Airport and is still missing. We condemn the arrests and harassment of journalists and call on the authorities to ensure the media can carry out its role without fear of reprisal.
"Assange committed no crime, he was just doing his job. He did a human service to the global community" says
@SabinaInderjit
, President of the Federation of Asia-Pacific Journalists (FAPaJ)
👇
#FreeAssangeNow
👇
#Polonia
🇵🇱: Se cumplen 6 meses de la detención del periodista español Pablo González, en prisión preventiva a pesar de la falta de pruebas.
Exigimos su liberación. Su detención es un ataque a la libertad de prensa y a la democracia
#FreePablo
Comunicado➡️
#UK
🇬🇧 "The legal devices being deployed to try and take
#JulianAssange
to the US are unprecedented and terrifying for anyone whose journalism touches on state security, defence or espionage. "
📢
@DomPradalie
visited
#Assange
in Belmarsh Prison on 21 October. “He expressed his hope that a visit this week between Australian PM Anthony Albanese and US President Joe Biden might lead to a route by which his persecution can be brought to an end".
#HongKong
🇭🇰: The level of media freedom for media workers has plunged to a record low after the imposition of the national security law. The HK government must respect international standards and protect press freedom as guaranteed by the city’s Basic Law
#HongKong
🇭🇰: The HK police served four media organisations with court warrants requiring the handing in of internal documents related to July's primary elections. We call on the police to stop using chilling methods to intimidate the media
#PressFreedom
👇
More on
#Pakistan
🇵🇰: A hate campaign on
#Twitter
labelled
#journalists
as "anti-Pakistan" and “pro-India”. The hashtag has accumulated over 57,000 interactions.
@Twitter
must act to remove those accounts responsible for spreading
#HateSpeech
👇
"Punishing Assange for exposing war crimes poses a threat to all journalists worldwide" says Sadiq Ibrahim, President of the Federation of African Journalists
@FAJafrica
👇
#FreeAssangeNOW
👇
Just after the UN said that the
#AssangeCase
was about suppressing press freedom, former US Secretary of State Pompeo said that sources for Yahoo wikileaks report should be prosecuted.
They still don't understand that doing journalism is not a crime🤷♂️
#UK
🇬🇧: We welcome ideas put forward by
@jeremycorbyn
to raise funds to support investigative and public service media by forcing big technology firms to pay their fair share of tax and his plans to democratise the
@BBC
👏
Read our full statement here 👉
#Pakistan
🇵🇰: We support the campaign of our affiliate, the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists in fighting against impunity in the case of senior journalist Arshad Sharif. We repudiate the attack and urge the government to deliver justice
@ifjasiapacific
📢On October 8, a human chain will surround the British Parliament to oppose the extradition of Julian Assange. On the same day, actions of solidarity are planned around the world. We back the global mobilisation and once again demand to
#FreeAssangeNOW
➡️
#FreeAssange
: An FBI witness was jailed last week in Iceland. He has reportedly been given immunity after giving a testimony against Julian Assange.
In a recent interview, he admitted to fabricating statements to implicate Assange: Read more:
Israel’s systematic targeting of journalists working in
#Palestine
🇵🇸 and its failure to investigate killings of media workers violates the rights to life and freedom of expression and may amount to war crimes, the IFJ told the 47th session of the
@UN_HRC
👉
#HongKong
🇭🇰 Government cancels its plans to make the daily
#Covid19
briefing online following complaints from media groups who claimed the measure was intended to help officials evade tough lines of inquiry and undermine the public’s right to know
Did you know that Julian Assange is a member of Australian IFJ affiliate
@withMEAA
and an IFJ Press Card holder❓
The IFJ Press Card is the world's oldest and most reputable identification for working journalists across the globe 👉
#FreeAssangeNOW
#HongKong
🇭🇰: A journalist with the Hong Kong edition of
@EpochTimes
was beaten by an unknown man on May 11 and suffered injuries. We condemn this grotesque act of violence and urge authorities to swiftly bring the attacker to justice
#PressFreedom
#HongKong
🇭🇰: HK Chief Executive Carrie Lam said during a news conference that the government was considering introducing legislation to combat “fake news”. Fake news laws have been globally used to target genuine reporting and independent journalism
"It's pretty hard to draw any other conclusion that this is a deliberate and systematic targeting of media in order to control the narrative about what's going on in
#Gaza
", IFJ Deputy General Secretary Jeremy Dear says about the attacks by the Israeli military on media
@trtworld
#Palestine
🇵🇸: Only frontline reporters stand between the truth and a total media blackout in Gaza. Without them, we would not bear witness to the massacres.
📢 We call on Israel to stop threatening journalists reporting from Gaza and demand international bodies to protect them.
It's been 4 years today since IPC holder Julian Assange has been incarcerated in the UK. He faces a 175 year sentence if extradited to the US. Enough.
#FreeAssangeNOW
.
✊ We welcome the resolution of
@coe
Parliamentary Assembly and make our own the words of
#Assange
: "Journalists should not be prosecuted for doing their jobs. Journalism is not a crime, it is a pillar of a free and informed society".
@DomPradalie
@Stella_Assange
@suigenerisjen
#HongKong
🇭🇰: Jimmy Lai, founder of the media group Next Digital, has been sentenced to 14 months in prison for organising unauthorized assemblies in late August 2019. This is a clear attack on the fundamental rights of the people of Hong Kong
#PressFreedom
📢
#FreeAssangeNOW
: Today marks five years since Julian Assange is held in Belmarsh high security prison. It’s well past time for him to come home!
"If Julian Assange is jailed in the US, there is not a journalist on earth who will be safe"
#IFJ
President
@DomPradalie
.
Journalists have been facing increasing threats of arrest and violence in
#Ethiopia
🇪🇹 since the start of the war in
#Tigray
. The country is taking a real step backward in terms of press freedom and the right to information
Intn'l Federation of Journalists: "The UK decision to allow the extradition of
#Assange
is vindictive and a real blow to media freedom"
Amnesty: "sends a chilling message to journalists the world over"
RSF: "implications for journalism around the world cannot be overstated"
#Urgent
#Netherlands
🇳🇱: Dutch journalist Peter R. de Vries is fighting for his life in hospital after being shot five times in Amsterdam yesterday evening. We and
@EFJEUROPE
condemn the murder attempt as another tragic blow to
#PressFreedom
in Europe
@nvj
#Pakistan
🇵🇰: Senior journalist Mohsin Jamil Baig, owner of Daily Jinnah newspaper, was arrested by Islamabad Police on February 16 following a raid on his residence. The authorities must drop immediately the charges against him
#PressFreedom
#Pakistan
🇵🇰: Pakistan’s minister for Human Rights attacked journalist
@asmashirazi
on Twitter after she had issued a column on the country's economic difficulties. We urge her to apologise for harassing and targeting a journalist for simply doing her job
📣 We are at the
#FreeAssangeNOW
protest outside the US Embassy in Belgium to call for Assange’s release, who is a member of our affiliate
@withMEAA
. Today, the UK High Court could determine his fate. On
#DayX
and every day, the IFJ and its 600,000 members stand with
#Assange
✊🏾
#FreeAssange
It took a determined investigative journalist, the
#Wikileaks
revelations, and nine years to establish the facts about Kahled El-Masri’s horrific treatment. Read his story by our representative
@TimDawsn
@ifjasiapacific
#China
🇨🇳:
#HongKong
🇭🇰 security law, imposed by Beijing authorities, is being used to target journalists and activists under offences that include terrorist activities. These continued threats to independent journalism are evident in the legal controls.
#Microsoft
claims
#journalists
have been targeted in a campaign where a private Israeli firm has helped governments spy on dozens of people. The surveillance of journalists by spyware is a threat to
#PressFreedom
and must be taken very seriously 🚨
#UK
: Our president
@DomPradalie
was in London on Saturday in support of
#JulianAssange
. "If Assange goes to jail, there is not a journalist on earth who will be safe. The British government should bring this grotesque persecution to an end at once"
#JulianAssange
: Global
#COVID19
pandemic will likely prevent dozens of journalists from covering proceedings against Assange if court does not take action to provide live video to press
“
#Wikileaks
provided the first unauthorised disclosure of such magnitude for 40 years”, says Pentagon Papers whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg.
Article by
@TimDawsn
, the IFJ representative covering the
#Assange
hearing 👇
#UK
🇬🇧 British court says
@wikileaks
founder Julian Assange cannot be extradited to the US for charges of espionage and hacking government computers by reason of Assange’s mental health. The US have 14 days to appeal.