by SAMSN Admin | Mar 19, 2014 | Countries, Reaching Out, Release, Sri Lanka
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) is relieved to report that the respected human rights activists Ruki Fernando and Father Praveen were released by Sri Lankan authorities at approximately 1.30am Sri Lankan time today. Ruki Fernando, one of Sri Lanka’s...
by SAMSN Admin | Mar 18, 2014 | Countries, Reaching Out, Release, Sri Lanka
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has called for a strong international protest in response to the outrageous arrest of two highly-respected human rights advocates in Sri Lanka late last night. Ruki Fernando, one of Sri Lanka’s most prominent human...
by SAMSN Admin | Mar 17, 2014 | Bangladesh, Countries, Reaching Out, Release
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and the Bangladesh Manobadhikar Sangbadik Forum (BMSF) condemn the attack on two Bangladeshi journalists on the night of Thursday March 14. Sajeda Sweety, a staff correspondent of online news portal banglanews24.com,...
by SAMSN Admin | Mar 13, 2014 | Countries, Reaching Out, Release, South Asia
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and the South Asia Media Solidarity Network (SAMSN) today launch The Stories Women Journalists Tell, a snapshot on the experience of women journalists in South Asia. The report is the first created by SAMSN looking...
by SAMSN Admin | Mar 11, 2014 | Countries, Nepal, Reaching Out, Release
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliate Federation of Nepali Journalists (FNJ) in condemning an attack against a journalist by unidentified assailants at Dharapani Village of Dhanusha, Nepal on the night of March 7. According to reports...
by SAMSN Admin | Mar 6, 2014 | Countries, Nepal, Reaching Out, Release
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliate the Federation of Nepali Journalists (FNJ) are alarmed by death threats made against K P Dhungana, a crime reporter working for Nagarik Daily of Kathmandu. According to the FNJ, Dhungana had been...
