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Safety Fund

What is covered?

  • Financial support for litigation when help with legal fees is required;
  • Medical expenses if you are injured;
  • Travel costs to cover journeys to a place of safety;
  • Financial support in exile due to threats at home.

The support is provided by:

Ways to reach out:

Phone: +3222352200
Application/Contact form
More Information
Contact details and support information were last reviewed on January 4, 2025.

Important information about time and eligibility restrictions, as well as further requirements:

Beneficiaries of the Fund include anyone in the news-reporting business who finds themselves in
financial straits as a result of work-related reasons such as:

  • forced exile due to threats at home;
  • litigation needing help with legal fees;
  • medical expenses for injured journalists and;
  • travel costs to cover journeys to safety

In order to receive financial assistance, the applicant(s) have to meet the following conditions:

  • a genuine need for legal, medical, security and living expenses;
  • emergency situation related to the practice of journalism;
  • lack of alternative source of income to help meet needs;
  • the claim has to be supported, to the extent possible, by IFJ affiliates familiar with the case.

The support offer is designed for:

About the fund:

The IFJ’s Safety Fund is a lifeline for journalists facing violence, persecution and threat or needing medical treatment. It is a shining example of journalist to journalist solidarity, providing immediate relief to those in danger and need around the world.

The Safety Fund offers financial assistance in a range of emergency cases such as threats, violence and threats thereof, prosecution, settlement in exile and illness.

The support offer is available in: