Journalist arrested over FB post in Bangladesh
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins the Bangladesh Manobadhikar Sangbadik Forum (BMSF) in expressing serious concern over the arrest and detention of a journalist in Dhaka over a Facebook post. The IFJ calls on the government to take immediate...
Four journalists killed in three months in India: IFJ & IJU demand action
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliate the Indian Journalists Union (IJU) in deploring the murder of a journalist in Faidpur, Bareily of Uttar Pradesh. The IFJ and the IJU demand immediate action from the local authorities to bring those...
Digital Campaign Skills Workshop: Hyderabad, India
The India workshop was delivered on August 10-11, 2015 at The Plaza, locally hosted by the National Union of Journalists (India). There were 22 participants including 7 female participants and representing the NUJI and the Indian Union of Journalists (IJU). The...
Journalist missing after investigative report
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliate the Indian Journalists Union (IJU) express serious concern following the disappearance of Indian journalist Chayan Sarkar in West Bengal. The IFJ and the IJU demand urgent action by the authorities to...
Regional Workshop on Digital Campaign Skills: Colombo, Sri Lanka
A regional workshop was held in Colombo, Sri Lanka from July 27 to 28. It gathered digital activists from across South Asia and was hosted locally by the FMM. Journalists from across the region representing IFJ affiliates and SAMSN partners participated in the...
IFJ, IJU condemn murder of third journalist in India
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliate the Indian Journalists Union (IJU) strongly condemn the murder of journalist Raghavendra Dubey on Friday, July 17 in Mumbai, India. The IFJ and the IJU demand an immediate investigation into this...
IJU condemns murder of Mumbai journalist; Concerned over spate of murders and assaults
The Indian Journalists Union (UU) strongly condemned the murder of yet another journalist Raghavendra Dubey and brutal assault on two other journalists in Mumbai on Friday, 17 July and expressed its serious concern over the spate of killings and brutal assaults...
South Asia Media Solidarity Bulletin: July, 2015
Welcome to the monthly e-bulletin of the South Asia Media Solidarity Network (SAMSN). The next bulletin will be sent on August 15, 2015, and your inputs are most welcome. We encourage contributions to let others know what you are doing; to seek solidarity and support...
TV journalist dies on assignment in India
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliate the National Union of Journalists – India (NUJI) in expressing concerns for the recent death of a television journalist while on assignment on Sunday, July 5, 2015. The IFJ and NUJI call for an...
TV journalists attacked by Indian railway police
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliate the National Union of Journalists – India (NUJI) in strongly criticizing the attack on journalists from a local television channel by local police in Bhubaneswar, Odisha of India on Monday....
OTHER NEWS
Kashmir crack down: twenty two social media channels blocked
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) expresses serious concerns over the one-month ban on access to 22 social media websites and messaging apps in Jammu and Kashmir, India declared on April 26, 2017. The IFJ demands that the ban order to be immediately...
IJU welcomes Union Minister of Labour’s statement on Working Journalists Act
The Indian Journalists Union (IJU), the premier and most representative organization of working journalists in the country, welcomed the statement ofUnion Minister for Labour Bandaru Dattatreya that the electronic media journalists would be brought under the ambit of...
NUJ(I) welcomes Union Labour Minister’s proposal to amend Working Journalists Act 1955
The National Union of Journalists (India), the premier national body of working journalists, welcomed the Union Labour Minister Bandaru Dattatreya’s statement on amending the Working Journalists Act, 1955. The Labour Minister said in Kochi today that the Union...
Maharashtra passes landmark journalist protection law
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins the National Union of Journalists, India, (NUJI) in welcoming the passing of a law in Maharashtra state on April 7 aimed at protecting journalists. The IFJ demands effective implementation of the law in...
Stand by and support other women journalists
Dhanya Rajendran is co-founder and editor-in-chief of The News Minute, a digital news platform reporting and writing on issues in India, with a specific focus on the five southern states. She is the former bureau chief, South India, for Times Now television. She has...
Online harassment and threats for Indian journalist exposing illegal sand mining
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) expresses serious concern over the online harassment and threats over the telephone to independent journalist Sandhya Ravishankar over her reporting of illegal beach sand mining in Tamil Nadu, India. In January, the...
Police assaults photojournalists in Kashmir
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) condemns the police action against photojournalists in Srinagar, Kashmir, on March 16. The IFJ demands action against the police personnel assaulting and abusing photojournalists on duty. According to reports, the...