by SAMSN Admin | Dec 11, 2014 | Harassment, Media Rights Violations, Pakistan, Release
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) is concerned by the growing number of attacks against female journalists in Pakistan in recent months. On December 8, a female journalist was attacked covering a political rally in Faisalabad, in Punjab, Pakistan, the...
by SAMSN Admin | Dec 3, 2014 | Bangladesh, Freedom of Expression, Release, Reports
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) is shocked by the Bangladesh court’s conviction this week of Dhaka-based British journalist David Bergman on contempt for questioning the official death toll of 1971 liberation war. A special war crimes court, the...
by SAMSN Admin | Dec 1, 2014 | Attack, Media Rights Violations, Pakistan, Release
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) strongly condemn the attacks on Digital Satellite News Gathering (DSNG) equipment of various television stations on Islamabad on Sunday, November 30. A number of...
by SAMSN Admin | Dec 1, 2014 | Accidental Death, Bangladesh, Release
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and the Bangladesh Manobadhikar Sangbadik Forum (BMSF) are saddened by the death of a senior journalist and columnist in a road accident in Dhaka on Saturday, November 29. Zaglul Ahmed Chowdhury, former managing...
by SAMSN Admin | Dec 1, 2014 | Economic pressure, Labour rights, Pakistan, Release
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) are deeply saddened by the death of a Pakistani media worker and demand immediate action on the television station who have not paid his salary for four months. Imran...
by SAMSN Admin | Nov 27, 2014 | Afghanistan, Release
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) welcomes the Chief Executive Officer of Afghanistan’s National Unity Government’s statement of intention to bring an end to impunity for crimes against journalists and media workers in the country. In a statement...
