Bismillah Adil Aimaq, an Afghan journalist and human rights activist was killed by unidentified gunmen in Dara-e-Taimoor village in Ghor province of Afghanistan on the first day of 2021. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its local affiliate, the...
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Pakistan: Local mafia attack Abb Takk journalists
A group of assailants attacked two Abb Takk television journalists on December 18, allegedly in retaliation for stories exposing local mafia operations. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its Pakistan affiliate the Pakistan Federal Union of...
#SouthAsia : Happy New Year 2021
#SouthAsia : Dear Colleagues, Our work was harder than ever in 2020, but enormous efforts and solidarity among unions have helped support jobs and fight for alternative solutions to sustain media and press freedom. 2021 will be another year. May it be filled with even...
Afghanistan : AIJA urges not to revoke spokespersons’ provision
President Ashraf Ghani of Afghanistan in a decree abolished the role of all spokespersons across the country. In the past, each province had a spokesperson to share information with the media. President Ghani now wants governors to share information and abolished the...
Pakistan: Abb Takk journalists attacked
A group of armed persons attacked Abtak News Bureau Chief Sakhar, interior Sindh, Imdad Pholphoto who along with his colleague Altaf Kalorr sustained serious head injuries and got arm fractured. PFUJ President GM Jamali and Secretary General Rana Muhammad Azeem, has...
India: NUJ (I) ENTERS GOLDEN JUBILEE YEAR
I am delighted to share with you all that our beloved organisation National Union of Journalists (India) affiliated to the International Federation of Journalists, (IFJ) is going to enter into its Golden Jubilee year. It's a proud moment for all of us. We are going to...
Alert: Kerala journalist killed in hit-and-run
S V Pradeep, a Thiruvananthapuram based broadcast journalist, was killed in a hit-and–run road accident in suspicious circumstances on December 14. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) calls for a thorough investigation into his death. According to police...
India: Police attack and detain three Kashmiri journalists
Police manhandled three Kashmiri journalists as they covered election polling in South Kashmir on December 10. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its Indian affiliates the Indian Journalists Union (IJU) and the National Union of Journalists India...
Afghanistan: Female television anchor and driver shot dead
Malala Maiwand, 25, a female TV anchor for Enkaas TV and Radio, was killed by gunmen in a targeted attack in Nangarhar province in eastern Afghanistan on December 10. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its Afghanistan affiliate, the Afghan...
Alert: Radio Free Europe correspondent killed by car bomb
Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty (RFE / RL) correspondent Elias Daei was killed in an explosion in the Helmand province of Afghanistan on November 12. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) is deeply concerned about the deteriorating situation for...