by SAMSN Admin | Jan 13, 2017 | Media Rights Violations, Missing, Pakistan, Release
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliate the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) in expressing serious concern over the disappearance of a magazine editor and other activists in Pakistan. The IFJ urges the Pakistan government to...
by SAMSN Admin | Jan 10, 2017 | Arrest / Detainment, Media Rights Violations, Pakistan, Release
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliate the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) in expressing serious concerns over the unlawful detention and alleged torture of a television reporter in Sukkur of Sindh Province in Pakistan....
by SAMSN Admin | Jan 4, 2017 | India, Killing, Media Rights Violations, Release
The National Union of Journalists (India) is shocked over the growing attacks on journalists in Bihar. The latest brutal attack on a journalist, Brajesh Kumar, by about five-six unidentified men at Salkhani village of Bibhutipur distirct is highly condemnable. The...
by SAMSN Admin | Jan 4, 2017 | India, Killing, Media Rights Violations, Release
A senior journalist, Hari Prakash, was found dead in Jharkhand’s Hazaribagh district. The family members of the journalist claimed that he has been murdered. He was missing for the last two days. The police recovered a bottle of poison from the journalist, and...
by SAMSN Admin | Dec 31, 2016 | Killing, Media Rights Violations, Release, South Asia
93 journalists and media professionals were killed in 2016 according to new statistics published by the world’s largest journalists’ organisation. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), which represents 600.000 members in 140 countries, today...
by SAMSN Admin | Dec 16, 2016 | Afghanistan, Killing, Media Rights Violations, Release
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliate, the Afghan Independent Journalists’ Association (AIJA), in condemning the killing of a senior journalist in Afghanistan. The IFJ and AIJA jointly demand immediate and transparent investigations...