Bangladeshi Journalist Falls to Death From Police Rooftop

by SAMSN Admin | Mar 6, 2014 | Bangladesh, Countries, Reaching Out, Release

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and the journalist organisation Bangladesh Manobadhikar Sangbadik Forum (BMSF) have expressed concern at the circumstances that led to the death of a Bangladeshi journalist on March 1. Shah Alam Mollah Sagar, 41, died...

Journalist Killers Convicted in Historic Ruling in Pakistan

by SAMSN Admin | Mar 3, 2014 | Countries, Pakistan, Reaching Out, Release

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliate the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) acknowledged the pivotal significance of the judgement of Pakistan’s Anti-Terrorist Court this week when it handed down the country’s first successful...

Journalist Abrar Tanoli killed in Pakistan

by SAMSN Admin | Mar 3, 2014 | Countries, Pakistan, Reaching Out, Release

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliate the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) to strongly condemn the killing of a journalist in Abbotabad, in the Hazara region of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in Pakistan. On Sunday March 2,...

Two Media Offices Attacked in Karachi as Pakistan Media Violence Continues

by SAMSN Admin | Feb 18, 2014 | Countries, Pakistan, Reaching Out, Release

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) is gravely concerned about the ongoing violence targeted against journalists in Pakistan after two separate media organisations were attacked with hand grenades on the evening of Monday, February 17. IFJ affiliate the...

Indian journalists and the IFJ Mourn the Loss of Shri Madan Talwar

by SAMSN Admin | Feb 12, 2014 | Countries, India, Reaching Out, Release

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its Indian affiliate the All India Newspaper Employees Federation (AINEF) in expressing its deepest sympathies to the family and colleagues of Shri Madan Talwar, general secretary of AINEF and former secretary of...

IFJ Hails Indian Supreme Court Decision on Majithia Wage Board Recommendations

by SAMSN Admin | Feb 10, 2014 | Countries, India, Reaching Out, Release

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliates the Indian Journalist Union (IJU) and the National Union of Journalists India (NUJI) commend the Supreme Court of India’s decision to uphold a new pay structure for newspaper journalists, in line...