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The FINANCIAL -- Nils Muižnieks, Commissioner for Human Rights, Council of Europe :  “I am appalled by what happened to Afgan Mukhtarli, an Azerbaijani journalist and activist, who has reportedly been abducted in Georgia and forcibly taken to Azerbaijan, where he is

Tbilisi, May 30, 2017–  Independent Association of Georgian Journalists, member of IFJ, urges Georgian Government to take all possible measures in order to protect journalists. Recent abduction of Azeri journalist Afqan Muxtarli in Tbilisi raises serious concerns about safety of journalists.  On

The FINANCIAL -- On 3 May, EU High Representative Federica Mogherini released a declaration to mark the occasion of World Press Freedom Day.

The FINANCIAL -- This World Press Freedom Day, media freedom may be more crucial to free societies than ever amid rising concern about how "fake news" and propaganda are hurting democratic processes. 

The FINANCIAL -- EU officials have praised freedom of expression to mark International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists on 2 November 2016.

The FINANCIAL -- Brussels. Jordan became the third country to sign up to the Arab Declaration on Media Freedom at a ceremony organised by the IFJ and the Jordanian Press Association in Amman.  

The FINANCIAL -- Brussels. The International and European Federation of Journalists (IFJ and EFJ) have backed calls for Ukrainian reporter Roman Sushchenko to be freed following his arrest on 30 September in Moscow on charges of spying.

The FINANCIAL -- Brussels.The International and European Federation of Journalists, (IFJ) and (EFJ), today backed their affiliate, the Nederlandse Vereniging Van Journalisten (NVJ), in condemning the killing of a Dutch photojournalist while covering clashes in the Libyan city of Sirte.