by SAMSN Admin | Oct 7, 2014 | Killing, Media Rights Violations, Pakistan, Release
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliate the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) in strongly deploring the murders of two journalists in two separate incidents in Hafizabad, Punjab province, in recent days. With the tally of...
by SAMSN Admin | Oct 6, 2014 | Killing, Media Rights Violations, Pakistan, Release
The International Federation of Journalists has called on the Pakistani government to take every step necessary to bring the murderers of journalist Nadeem Hyder to swift justice. According to reports, Nadeem, a correspondent for Dunya News, was shot dead by two...
by SAMSN Admin | Apr 28, 2014 | Censorship, Countries, Harassment, Media Rights Violations, Pakistan, Reaching Out, Release
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has condemned a request from the Pakistan Ministry of Defence for the government to shut down the country’s largest television news station, Geo TV. According to media reports, on Tuesday April 22, in the first action...
by SAMSN Admin | Apr 23, 2014 | Countries, Killing, Pakistan, Reaching Out, Release
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliate the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) strongly condemn the killing of a journalist in Mianwali of Punjab Province on Tuesday, April 23. According to reports, Shahzad Iqbal, 28, a...
by SAMSN Admin | Apr 23, 2014 | Attack, Countries, Freedom of Expression, Pakistan, Reaching Out, Release
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliate the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) in strongly condemning the attempted murder of senior Pakistani journalist and renowned anchor of Geo News TV Hamid Mir in Karachi on Saturday April...
by SAMSN Admin | Apr 11, 2014 | Freedom of Expression, Harassment, Release, Sri Lanka
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins it affiliate Sri Lanka Working Journalists Association (SLWJA) in expressing concerns about the questioning of a newspaper editor by the Criminal Investigation Department of Police on Sunday, April 9. Saman...