Aktualności IAPC

New Delhi, 27 September 2025 – The President of the Foreign Correspondents’ Club of South Asia (FCC South Asia), Dr. Waiel Awwad, has officially assumed the presidency of the International Association of Press Clubs (IAPC), succeeding the London Press Club. The transition took place following the conclusion of the Association’s assembly meeting, held in New Delhi and hosted by FCC South Asia. Founded in 1958, FCC South Asia is among the oldest and most respected press clubs in the region, with a long-standing legacy of fostering dialogue, defending media freedom, and serving as a platform for international correspondents covering South Asia. Hosting this year’s IAPC assembly in New Delhi marks a historic milestone in the club’s commitment to advancing global media cooperation. The IAPC brings together more than fifty press… more »

We, the undersigned organizations, members of the International Association of Press Clubs (IAPC), stand together in profound shock and deep sorrow at the tragic loss of life caused by the recent airstrike on Nasser Hospital in southern Gaza. According to multiple credible reports, the attack claimed at least 15 lives, including five journalists: Ahmed Abu Aziz (Middle East Eye), Hussam al-Masri (Reuters), Mariam Abu Dagga (Associated Press), Mohammed Salam (Al Jazeera), and Moaz Abu Taha (NBC). Reuters photographer Hatem Khaled was also seriously injured while covering the aftermath. This devastating event is part of a broader and alarming trend that has made the Gaza conflict the deadliest for journalists in recent history. Since October 2023, dozens – and by some accounts, nearly two hundred – media professionals have been killed… more »

On May 6, the Overseas Press Club of America hosted a panel with four journalists who are using and creating new platforms to build and connect with an audience for their work. OPC Past President David A. Andelman, a former correspondent for The New York Times and CNN commentator who now publishes Andelman Unleashed on Substack, moderated. He said freelancers who are considering independent publishing should home in on a topic of personal interest. “You really have to have a sense of a mission, and you have to be driven. Choose something very important to you that is very direct to you. France has always been very direct to me. Elections have been very direct to me. So that’s how I started, with the French elections. And I branched out… more »

Statement by the International Association of Press Clubs on World Press Freedom Day 2025 Global Solidarity with Journalists Under Threat: Honoring the Legacy of Victoria Roshchyna At a time when the role of journalism is more vital than ever, we stand in unwavering solidarity with journalists around the world who risk their lives to tell people the truth, even against those in power. Today, on World Press Freedom Day, we honor the memory of Ukrainian journalist Victoria Roshchyna, whose tragic death underscores the increasing dangers faced by reporters working in conflict zones and under authoritarian regimes. Victoria Roshchyna, a 27-year-old independent Ukrainian journalist known for her courageous frontline reporting during Russia’s war against Ukraine, was captured by the Russians in August 2023, imprisoned, tortured, starved and murdered in September 2024.… more »

A Greek, German and British consortium has won the 2023 Daphne Caruana Galizia Prize for investigating the Adriana shipwreck, which left over 600 migrants dead off Pylos in Greece. The joint investigation by the Greek investigative outlet Solomon, in collaboration with Forensis, the German public broadcaster StrgF/ARD, and the British newspaper The Guardian revealed how the deadliest migrant shipwreck in recent history happened as a result of the actions taken by the Greek Coast Guard. It also reveals inconsistencies in the Greek authorities’ official accounts. Roberta Metsola, President of the European Parliament, Pina Picierno, Vice-President responsible for the Prize, and Juliane Hielscher, President of the Berlin Press Club and representative of the 28 members of the independent European-wide Jury, participated in the award ceremony held in the Daphne Caruana Galizia… more »

Members of the International Association of Press Clubs – representatives of dozens of press clubs from around the world – honored the IAPC Freedom of Speech Award 2023 for Andrzej Poczobut and Mortaza Behboudi, two journalists imprisoned by authoritarian regimes. Andrzej Poczobut is a Polish-Belarusian journalist and human rights defender, imprisoned by the regime of Alexander Lukashenko since March 25, 2021. Recently, in a show and fake trial, he was sentenced to 8 years in a labor camp. Mortaza Behboudi is a Franco-Afghan war correspondent, investigative journalist and reporter who has been imprisoned by the Taliban regime in Afghanistan since January 7, 2023. The prison cells of both laureates are separated by 5,000 kilometers. Their situation is different, their background is different, but they have one thing in common –… more »

by Chad Bouchard A common plea for international media emerged from three Ukrainian journalists during an OPC program on Feb. 22: please don’t forget this war. The program, part of the club’s “In the Thick of It” series, convened three recipients of last year’s 18 OPC grants for Ukrainian journalists struggling to continue their work under dire conditions. “As soon as foreign journalists stop covering the events in Ukraine, the international audience will also lose its interest and lose its understanding of what’s going on in Ukraine,” said Alina Kravchenko, who works remotely for the National Union of Journalists of Ukraine on a project focused on Ukrainian journalists. Comments from all three panelists were in Ukrainian with translated summaries from Maryna Prykhodko, a Ukrainian activist and volunteer based in New… more »

From 25 to 27 October twenty Press Clubs from as far away as New York and Warsaw, Canberra and Jerusalem all met in London on the International Association of Press Clubs General Assembly. The International Association and the European Federation of Press Clubs met together in London as the London Press Club took on the leadership of both organisations, the IAPC for two years and the European Federation of Press Clubs for just one. All the clubs attending the assembly signed the new London Declaration on Media Freedom. It pledges member clubs to stand up for free and fair reporting worldwide and to call out efforts by authoritarian regimes to discourage independent media wherever they may occur. The declaration calls on press clubs to monitor progress in maintaining and expanding… more »

Two journalists, Clément Di Roma and Carol Valade, have been awarded the 2022 Daphne Caruana Galizia Prize for their documentary “The Central African Republic under Russian influence” This documentary is a Découpages/Arte G.E.I.E co-production, initially broadcast on Arte Reportage in French, German and English. It was also broadcast on France 24 and published in the French newspaper Le Monde. Clément Di Roma is a video and photojournalist correspondent for France24 based in Rwanda. He started in 2019 as a reporter in Senegal for Agence France Presse. From 2020 till 2022 he was based in the Central African Republic as correspondent for the channels France24 and TV5Monde. From Bangui, he covered the electoral crisis and the armed attacks of a rebel coalition against the capital Bangui. A year later, he directed with Carol Valade the winning… more »

The 5th Annual Press Freedom Conference is a joint project by the Jerusalem Press Club and the Union of Journalists in Israel and will be held June 30, 2022 at the Menachem Begin Heritage Center in Jerusalem. This year, the conference will be titled “The Truth, Center Stage,” and will focus on the need to produce quality journalism that strives to investigate the truth, through factfinding, crosschecking and verifying sources. Naturally, the conference will deal with the most important issues on the media agenda – coverage of the War in Ukraine; the tracking of journalists, political opposition members, and human rights activists using the NSO Group’s Pegasus Spy software; and today’s economic challenges posed to the profession as well as possible mechanisms to address them. Our keynote speakers are Julie Pace,… more »