by SAMSN Admin | Jan 31, 2014 | Pakistan, Release
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) said the first month of 2014 has been one of the deadliest in years for media workers in Pakistan. Four members of the media were slain in January and IFJ affiliate the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ)...
by SAMSN Admin | Jan 24, 2014 | Release, Sri Lanka
Today marks the four-year anniversary of the disappearance of Sri Lankan journalist and cartoonist Prageeth Ekneligoda. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) is calling on the Sri Lankan Government (GSL) to properly investigate Ekneligoda’s case and...
by SAMSN Admin | Jan 24, 2014 | Pakistan, Release
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) today expressed its ongoing concern for the safety of journalists in Pakistan with reports that a senior leader of IFJ affiliate, Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ), has received death threats in direct...
by SAMSN Admin | Jan 21, 2014 | Pakistan, Release
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) today issued a letter to Pakistani Prime Minister, Nawaz Sharif, calling for “serious and overdue action” to protect Pakistani journalists and bring attackers to justice following the shooting assassination of three...
by SAMSN Admin | Jan 21, 2014 | Bangladesh, Release
The International Federation of Journalist (IFJ) today called on the Bangladesh government to release the journalists arrested in a raid on the Daily Inqilab newspaper offices in Dhaka last week and to allow for an independent review of the case against them to be...