The largest global union of journalists has joined its UJ affiliate to condemn the arrest of British writer Richard Medhurst and the use of anti-terror legislation against journalists. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), which represents over 600,000 media workers in 146 countries, joined the UK and Ireland’s National Union of Journalists (NUJ), expressing “grave concern about an apparent crackdown on both [pro-Palestine] journalists and activists”. In comments to The New Arab, the NUJ and the IFJ stressed the seriousness of Medhurst’s arrest in a joint statement, saying it was …