The Netherlands: the travel restriction law threatens media freedom
The European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) joins its Dutch affiliate Nederlandse Vereninging van Journalisten (NVJ) in condemning a new law under which…
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Turkey deports Dutch journalist without explanation
On 17 January 2019, the journalist Ans Boersma, Turkey correspondent for the Dutch financial paper Het Financieele Dagblad, was deported from…
Dutch photojournalists on strike for a payrise to counter inflation, falling tariffs and ignored authors’ rights
The Dutch union of journalists Nederlandse Vereniging van Journalisten (NVJ, an EFJ affiliate) and its photojournalist section the NVF announced…
Netherlands: NVJ adopts plan for equal treatment of freelance & staff journalists
On 28th November, the Dutch Association of Journalists (NVJ) agreed on a “working conditions policy plan” aiming to adapt the…
Van crashed into office façade of Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf
A van was intentionally crashed into the office building of one of the largest Dutch daily newspapers De Telegraaf located…
Panama: EFJ-IFJ urge to release Dutch journalist detained over fraud and corruption reports
The European and International Federations of Journalists, IFJ and EFJ, together with their affiliate the Dutch Journalists Association (NVJ), have called for…
EFJ-IFJ condemn the killing of Dutch journalist in Libya
The European and International Federations of Journalists (EFJ-IFJ) today backed their affiliate, the Nederlandse Vereniging Van Journalisten (NVJ), in condemning the…
The deportation of Geerdink is a severe violation of fundamental rights
According the NVJ (Dutch Journalists Association, EFJ-IFJ affiliate), Frederike Geerdink, a Dutch correspondent based in Diyarbakir (Turkey), has today (10/09/2015)…
Turkey must release Dutch journalist Frederike Geerdink
UPDATE (09/09/2015) : Dutch journalist likely to be deported from Turkey The European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) calls on Turkish authorities…
Workshop: Developing services for atypical workers
A workshop on atypical workers organised by the International Federation of Actors (FIA) in cooperation with the Dutch actors’ union…
Dutch journalist acquitted of terrorist charges in Turkey
Update Frederike Geerdink was acquitted by the court in Diyarbakir, Turkey on 13 April. The European Federation of Journalists (EFJ)…
Dutch journalist tried in Turkey for alleged terrorism charges
Frederike Geerdink, freelance journalist and correspondent in Turkey, is to appear before the court in Diyarbakir, Turkey on Wednesday 8…
Turkey: disproportionate measures against Dutch journalist Mehmet Ülger
The European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) and its affiliate in the Netherlands, the Dutch Association of Journalists (NVJ), found the…
Another Dutch journalist arrested in Turkey for a picture taken in a courtroom
One day after the anti-terror police interrogation imposed to journalist Fréderike Geerdink for some messages sent on Twitter, another Dutch…
Dutch journalist arrested in Turkey for “Twitter terrorism”
The Dutch journalist Fréderike Geerdink, permanent female media correspondent in Turkey for several media outlets (The Independent & Al Monitor),…
The Netherlands
NEDERLANDSE VERENIGING VAN JOURNALISTEN (NVJ) Address Joh. Vermeerstr. 22, Postbus 75997 NL-1070 AZ Amsterdam The Netherlands Staff Huub Elzerman (President…
