by SAMSN Admin | Jan 2, 2015 | Accidental Death, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Killing, Media Rights Violations, Pakistan, Reports and Publications, South Asia, Sri Lanka
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) today said that 118 journalists and media staff were killed in work-related targeted or cross fire incidents in 2014, an increase of 13 killings from last year. 17 more died in road and natural disasters accidents...
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 22, 2014 | Gender, Harassment, Nepal, Release
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins the Federation of Nepali Journalists (FNJ) in welcoming the Supreme Court verdict on December 18 to imprison a perpetrator in the rape of a female journalist, but has criticized the slow trial process which left...
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...
