Media Rights Monitoring and Advocacy workshop was held in Kabul, Afghanistan on November 5 and 6 as part of the UNDEF South Asia project. The workshop was supported by the Afghan Independent Journalists Association. The workshop was attended by male and female...
Your content goes here. Edit or remove this text inline or in the module Content settings. You can also style every aspect of this content in the module Design settings and even apply custom CSS to this text in the module Advanced settings.
Impunity has many faces – #whatareyoudoing? #AbdullaYameen
This week marks 3 months since 28-year-old Maldivian journalist Ahmed Rilwan Abdulla (@moyameehaa) was reported missing to police, after being last seen in the early morning of Friday 8 August. Rilwan, employed by Minivan News, had been working on a number of...
World condemns impunity while another Pakistan assassination takes toll to 14
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliate the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) deplore the brutal assassination of a journalist in Sindh province yesterday and demand the immediate arrest and persecution of the murderers. The IFJ...
IFJ and SAMSN write to Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif
Muhammad Nawaz Sharif Prime Minister of the Islamic State of Pakistan Islambad, Pakistan CC: Mr Masood Khan – Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Pakistan Mr Abdul H.A. Hakeem – Officer-in-Charge at UNESCO Islamabad Mr Timo Pakkala – Resident Coordinator...
Nawaz Sharif #whatareyoudoing? – IFJ/SAMSN call on leader for action
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) expresses solidarity with its affiliate the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) in their call to end the impunity and defend press freedom and has begun a month long campaign to push Pakistan’s leaders into...
Gender Safety Training workshop: Kabul, Afghanistan
The IFJ with the support of the Afghan Independent Journalists' Association held a Gender Safety Training workshop in Kabul on November 3 and 4. The workshop was supported by the Norwegian Foreign Ministry and led by one of the IFJ South Asia Gender Representatives,...
Journalist detained for reporting on political corruption in Pakistan
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliate the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) express concerns over the detention of a senior journalist and blogger in tribal area of Waziristan, Pakistan on Monday October 28, 2014. According to...
IFJ and SAMSN call on Pakistan Prime Minister to end culture of impunity
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and the South Asian Media Solidarity Network (SAMSN) have joined the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) in marking November 2 as a National Day of Action Against Impunity in Pakistan. Today, which also marks...
Demonstrations held against newspaper in Afghanistan
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliates the Afghanistan Independent Journalists Association (AIJA) in expressing strong concerns over recent incidents surrounding the publication of an article in the Afghanistan Express daily. The...
Pakistan suspends ARY News TV licence
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) in strongly critcising the decision by the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PERMA) to suspend the broadcasting license of ARY News TV channel on...