by SAMSN Admin | Mar 5, 2018 | Killing, Media Rights Violations, Pakistan, Release
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) condemns the killing of a journalist in Rawalpindi, Pakistan on March 1 and demands immediate arrest and prosecution of the perpetrators. Anjum Muneer Raja, 40-year-old sub-editor with Islamabad-based Urdu daily Qaumi...
by SAMSN Admin | Feb 1, 2018 | Killing, Release
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) today launched its full annual report on journalists and media staff killed in 2017, which details the killings of 82 journalists and media staff recorded on the list published on 31 December 2017. Read the full...
by SAMSN Admin | Feb 1, 2018 | Killing, SAMSN Blog, South Asia
Ujjwal Acharya, IFJ’s South Asia co-ordinator reminds us why the IFJ’s annual Killed List is not a macabre roll call from a morgue, but a reminder of why we must ensure that killers of journalists are brought to justice. I monitor press freedom and the media rights...
by SAMSN Admin | Jan 9, 2018 | Afghanistan, Killing, Media Rights Violations, Release
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliate the Afghan Independent Journalists’ Association (AIJA) in condemning the suicide attack in Kabul, Afghanistan, on December 28, 2017 that killed a journalist and injured nine other colleagues. The...
by SAMSN Admin | Dec 31, 2017 | Killing, Media Rights Violations, Release, South Asia
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) today warned there is no room for complacency despite recording the lowest number of killings of journalists since 2007. The IFJ welcomed the fall from last year’s tally of 93 to 81 in 2017 but cautioned that...
by SAMSN Admin | Nov 21, 2017 | India, Killing, Media Rights Violations, Release
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) strongly condemns the shocking killing of journalist Sudip Dutta Bhaumik near Agartala, capital of Tripura state in northeast India on November 21. The IFJ demands immediate prosecution of the assailant to ensure...
