by SAMSN Admin | Feb 20, 2017 | Attack, Bangladesh, Media Rights Violations, Release
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and the Bangladesh Manobadhikar Sangbadik Forum (BMSF) express concern over Bangladesh Police’s refusal to register a case in a suspicious hit-and-run incident involving a journalist in Dhaka. The IFJ demands immediate...
by SAMSN Admin | Feb 20, 2017 | India, Labour rights, Release
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and the National Union of Journalists (India) express serious concern over the trend of the closure of several print editions by major newspapers and retrenching journalists and media staff in an arbitrary manner in...
by SAMSN Admin | Feb 20, 2017 | Afghanistan, Media Rights Violations, Release, Threat
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins the Afghan Independent Journalists Association (AIJA) in strongly condemning the death threat to a television cameraperson by a hospital manager in the Nangarhar province, eastern Afghanistan. The IFJ urges the...
by SAMSN Admin | Feb 13, 2017 | Killing, Media Rights Violations, Pakistan, Release
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) strongly condemns the brutal killing of a journalist in Karachi, Pakistan on February 12. The IFJ demands immediate arrest of the killers and justice for the killed cameraman. Taimoor Abbas, 22-year-old assistant...
by SAMSN Admin | Feb 8, 2017 | Attack, India, Media Rights Violations, Release
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliate the Indian Journalists Union (IJU) in condemning the assault on a journalist for critical reporting of a politician in Chirala of Andhra Pradesh, India on February 5. The IFJ demands immediate...
by SAMSN Admin | Feb 8, 2017 | Censorship, Nepal, Release
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliates the Federation of Nepali Journalists (FNJ) and the Nepal Press Union (NPU) in expressing serious concern over the Nepal Police’s attempt to block news websites over their content. The IFJ urges the...