by SAMSN Admin | Dec 30, 2014 | Attack, Media Rights Violations, Pakistan, Release
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) in strongly condemning the attack on a television reporter and his wife on December 22 in Sialkot, Pakistan. Zeeshan Shamsi, a reporter with NewsOne Television,...
by SAMSN Admin | Dec 22, 2014 | Afghanistan, Killing, Media Rights Violations, Release
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and the Afghanistan Independent Journalists Association (AIJA) are saddened by the news that a journalist who was severely injured in a suicide bombing two weeks ago in Kabul, Afghanistan has died. Zubair Hatami, a...
by SAMSN Admin | Dec 18, 2014 | Attack, Media Rights Violations, Release
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has urged Imran Khan, the leader of one of Pakistan’s opposition parties, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI), to stop attacks against journalists during the PTI demonstrations against the government. In a letter to...
by SAMSN Admin | Dec 15, 2014 | Attack, Harassment, Media Rights Violations, Pakistan, Release
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) strongly condemn the attacks against journalists by the protestors of the Pakistan Teheek-e-Insaf (PTI) in Karachi, in Sindh province in Pakistan. Journalists of Geo...
by SAMSN Admin | Dec 12, 2014 | India, Media Regulations, Media Rights Violations, Release
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) expresses concern over the decision by the West Bengal state government in India to restrict journalists’ movement in Nabanna, the state’s main administrative building. The West Bengal Police passed an order last week...
by SAMSN Admin | Dec 11, 2014 | Harassment, Media Rights Violations, Pakistan, Release
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) is concerned by the growing number of attacks against female journalists in Pakistan in recent months. On December 8, a female journalist was attacked covering a political rally in Faisalabad, in Punjab, Pakistan, the...