by SAMSN Admin | Feb 8, 2016 | Afghanistan, Impunity, Release
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins the Afghanistan Independent Journalists Association (AIJA) in welcoming the issuance of a decree on impunity of media workers and facilitation of the media activities on January 31. The IFJ calls on the...
by SAMSN Admin | Jan 28, 2016 | Impunity, Missing, Release, Sri Lanka
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliate the Free Media Movement, Sri Lanka (FMM) in condemning the actions by a Buddhist monk in disrupting the court hearing regarding the abduction of journalist Prageeth Eknaligoda in Homagama, outside...
by SAMSN Admin | Jan 6, 2016 | Impunity, Pakistan, Release
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliate the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) in welcoming the arrest on 5 January of two suspects in connection with the murder in 2014 of three media workers of the TV channel Express News....
by SAMSN Admin | Jan 5, 2016 | Bangladesh, Impunity, Release
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) welcomes the convictions and sentencing on 31 December 2015 of eight persons involved in the murder of blogger Rajib Haider in Bangladesh. Haidar, 35, a blogger and activist calling for the execution of Islamist...
by SAMSN Admin | Nov 19, 2015 | Freedom of Expression, Impunity, Media Rights Violations, Missing, Opinion, Reports and Publications, SAMSN Blog, Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka has seen decades of abductions and disappearances by state security agencies. Campaigning against such repressive acts too has become part of our political culture. Enforced and involuntary disappearance of persons has been a permanent feature in Sri Lankan...
by SAMSN Admin | Nov 9, 2015 | Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Impunity, India, Maldives, Media Rights Violations, Nepal, Pakistan, SAMSN Blog, Sri Lanka
On November 2, the world marked the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) launched the Global and the Asia-Pacific regional campaigns that will see activities and events to raise awareness...
