by SAMSN Admin | Nov 6, 2014 | Impunity, Maldives, Missing, SAMSN Blog
This week marks 3 months since 28-year-old Maldivian journalist Ahmed Rilwan Abdulla (@moyameehaa) was reported missing to police, after being last seen in the early morning of Friday 8 August. Rilwan, employed by Minivan News, had been working on a number of...
by SAMSN Admin | Nov 6, 2014 | Killing, Media Rights Violations, Pakistan, Release
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliate the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) deplore the brutal assassination of a journalist in Sindh province yesterday and demand the immediate arrest and persecution of the murderers. The IFJ...
by SAMSN Admin | Nov 5, 2014 | Alert, Impunity, Pakistan
Muhammad Nawaz Sharif Prime Minister of the Islamic State of Pakistan Islambad, Pakistan CC: Mr Masood Khan – Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Pakistan Mr Abdul H.A. Hakeem – Officer-in-Charge at UNESCO Islamabad Mr Timo Pakkala – Resident Coordinator...
by SAMSN Admin | Nov 5, 2014 | Impunity, News, Pakistan
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) expresses solidarity with its affiliate the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) in their call to end the impunity and defend press freedom and has begun a month long campaign to push Pakistan’s leaders into...
by SAMSN Admin | Oct 31, 2014 | Arrest / Detainment, Media Rights Violations, Pakistan, Release
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliate the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) express concerns over the detention of a senior journalist and blogger in tribal area of Waziristan, Pakistan on Monday October 28, 2014. According to...
by SAMSN Admin | Oct 31, 2014 | Impunity, Pakistan, Release
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and the South Asian Media Solidarity Network (SAMSN) have joined the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) in marking November 2 as a National Day of Action Against Impunity in Pakistan. Today, which also marks...