by SAMSN Admin | Feb 4, 2015 | Attack, Bangladesh, Media Rights Violations, Release
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and the Bangladesh Manobadhikar Sangbadik Forum (BMSF) condemns the police brutality toward a Bangladeshi journalist on Sunday, February 1 in Dhaka. The IFJ call for an immediate investigation into the assault and...
by SAMSN Admin | Jan 22, 2015 | Media Rights Violations, Pakistan, Release, Threat
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) strongly condemn threats made to a Peshawar-based journalist and media rights activist by the Taliban. The IFJ and PFUJ call on the Pakistan Government to take...
by SAMSN Admin | Jan 21, 2015 | Attack, Media Rights Violations, Nepal, Release, Threat
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliates, the Federation of Nepali Journalists (FNJ) and the Nepal Press Union (NPU), in condemning several incidents of attacks on journalists and media workers during the general strike on Tuesday,...
by SAMSN Admin | Jan 20, 2015 | Censorship, Freedom of Expression, Media Regulations, Pakistan, Release
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) expresses its strong concern over new press guidelines for Pakistan’s television and print media. The IFJ said the guidelines, created in reaction to the horrific...
by SAMSN Admin | Jan 20, 2015 | Attack, Media Rights Violations, Pakistan, Release
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) strongly condemns the attack on a photojournalist during a demonstration in Karachi, Pakistan on Friday, January 16. Asif Hassan, a 38-year-old photojournalist working for the Agence France Presse (AFP), was shot...
by SAMSN Admin | Jan 19, 2015 | Afghanistan, Killing, Media Rights Violations, Release
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) strongly condemns the killing of a radio journalist in Afghanistan on Friday, January 16. According to reports, Aqil Mohammad Waqar, a 20-year-old journalist working with the Speenghar Radio in Nangarhar province,...