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,...
by SAMSN Admin | Jan 14, 2015 | Freedom of Expression, Release, Reports, South Asia
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) heartily congratulates newly elected Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena. The IFJ calls on President Sirisena to ensure he delivers on the short-term proposal on re-establishing freedom of expression rights in...
by SAMSN Admin | Jan 9, 2015 | Afghanistan, Bhutan, Freedom of Expression, India, Nepal, Release, South Asia, Sri Lanka
Media unions and press freedom groups from across the Asia-Pacific today joined the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) in a regional show of solidarity and joint condemnation of the horrific attack that took the lives of 10 media workers in France this...
by SAMSN Admin | Jan 8, 2015 | Freedom of Expression, Release, Sri Lanka
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) expresses its concern over an escalation of violence ahead of the Sri Lankan presidential election today and reiterates its call to ensure media freedom and the safety of journalists during and after the election....
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,...
