by SAMSN Admin | Feb 13, 2017 | Killing, Media Rights Violations, Pakistan, Release
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) strongly condemns the brutal killing of a journalist in Karachi, Pakistan on February 12. The IFJ demands immediate arrest of the killers and justice for the killed cameraman. Taimoor Abbas, 22-year-old assistant...
by SAMSN Admin | Feb 8, 2017 | Attack, India, Media Rights Violations, Release
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliate the Indian Journalists Union (IJU) in condemning the assault on a journalist for critical reporting of a politician in Chirala of Andhra Pradesh, India on February 5. The IFJ demands immediate...
by SAMSN Admin | Feb 7, 2017 | Afghanistan, Arrest / Detainment, Media Rights Violations, Release
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliate the Afghan Independent Journalists Association (AIJA) in strongly condemning the detention of a television journalist on February 4 in Lashkargah, the provincial capital of Helmand, Afghanistan. The...
by SAMSN Admin | Feb 6, 2017 | Afghanistan, Arrest / Detainment, Media Rights Violations, Release
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliate the Afghan Independent Journalists Association (AIJA) in condemning the intimidation of a radio journalist by the government officials in Farah province, western Afghanistan. The IFJ demands that...
by SAMSN Admin | Feb 4, 2017 | Bangladesh, Killing, Media Rights Violations, Release
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and the Bangladesh Manobadhikar Sangbadik Forum (BMSF) have today strongly condemned the killing of Abdul Hakin Shimul, a journalist who died after being shot in Sirajganj, northern Bangladesh during political clashes....
by SAMSN Admin | Feb 2, 2017 | Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Killing, Media Rights Violations, Pakistan, Release
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) today launched the IFJ list of journalists and media staff killed in 2016, documenting the deaths of colleagues killed in the line of duty. In the Asia-Pacific region, 28 journalists were brutally murdered in 2016, an...
