The Jammu and Kashmir administration shut down the Srinagar office of Kashmir Times, one of the leading English-language dailies in the Kashmir Valley, on October 19. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its Indian affiliates Indian Journalists Union...
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India: Broadcast journalist arrested after critical news report
Ramesh Rath, a senior journalist affiliated with Odisha Television (OTV) was arrested in Odisha’s capital Bhubaneswar on October 15. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its Indian affiliate the National Union of Journalists- India (NUJ-I) denounce...
IFJ Blog : Women journalists unite against online attacks
The severity of online threats has promoted a collective of women journalists in Pakistan to take matters into their own hands, writes Lubna Jerar Naqvi. Attacks on women journalists are common in patriarchal societies like Pakistan with threats ranging from verbal...
Sri Lanka: Journalists exposing timber smuggling attacked
Journalists Shanmugam Thavaseelan and Kanapathipillai Kumanan, correspondents for the Tamil Guardian, were attacked by timber smugglers on October 12 when the journalists duo were working on a story on illegal deforestation and timber smuggling in the Murippu forest...
Sri lanka : The attacks on Mullaitivu journalists are disgusting – Free Media Movement.
It has been reported that two journalists who went in search of information on an alleged timber trafficking operation in the Murippu jungle area in the Mullaitivu district have been severely beaten by a group including the timber smuggler and the Free Media Movement...
Bangladesh: Journalist fatally stabbed for exposing crimes
Elias Mia, a correspondent of Daily Bijoy, was hacked to death on October 12 by miscreants in the Narayanganj district for allegedly exposing a criminal nexus in gas line distribution. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) condemns the brutal murder and...
Pakistan: BOL president and assistant vice president abducted
Nabeel Jakhura and Shabi Al Hassan, the president and assistant vice president of BOL Network respectively, were abducted in Karachi on October 8. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliate the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ)...
India: Journalist booked a day after being barred from reporting
Journalist Siddique Kappan has been arrested and booked by the Mathura police in Uttar Pradesh for allegedly instigating communal violence. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its Indian affiliates the Indian Journalists Union (IJU) and National...
India: Police action against website indicting Kashmir journalists
The Jammu and Kashmir Police have registered a First Information Report (FIR) on October 4 against a website that published a list of journalists and activists allegedly funded by the Indian government to spread public anxiety. The International Federation of...
नेपाल ः समाचार संकलनका क्रममा प्रहरी उपरीक्षक द्वारा गरिएको दुव्र्यवहार र समाचार संकलनमा रोक लगाएको घटनाप्रति महासंघको गम्भीर ध्यानाकर्षण
नेपाल पत्रकार महासंघका केन्द्रीय सदस्य एवं कान्तिपुर दैनिकका सम्वाददाता अवधेशकुमार झालाई समाचार संकलनका क्रममा प्रहरी उपरीक्षक राजेन्द्र धिमालद्वारा गरिएको दुव्र्यवहार र समाचार संकलनमा रोग लगाएको घटनाप्रति नेपाल पत्रकार महासंघको गम्भीर ध्यानाकर्षण भएको छ । पछिल्लो समय...