The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) today issued letters to Pakistan’s Prime Minister, Nawaz Sharif, and opposition leaders Imran Khan, of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and Dr Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri, of Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT), condemning their...
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Police and protestors brutality attack media in Pakistan
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliate Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) strongly condemn a series of brutal attacks and manhandling of journalists by state security forces and protesters during the ongoing political protests in...
Bureau chief and two media staff shot dead in Balochistan
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliate Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) in strongly condemning the killing of journalist Irshad Mustoi and his two colleges in his office at MA Jinnah Road, Quetta, Balochistan on Thursday,...
TV presenter slaughtered in Bangladesh
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and the Bangladesh Manobadhikar Sangbadik Forum (BMSF) deplore the slaughter murder of a television host in Dhaka on Wednesday night, August 27. Maolana Nurul Islam Farooqi, who hosted two programs, Shantir Pothe and...
Bangladesh police beat TV journalist
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and the Bangladesh Manobadhikar Sangbadik Forum (BMSF) condemn the beating of a journalist by police in Kushtia in Khulna district in Western Bangladesh on Tuesday, August 26. According to reports, Akhil Poddar, a...
Afghanistan expels American journalist for refusal to name sources
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliate the Afghan Independent Journalists Association (AIJA) in strongly condemns the expulsion of New York Times journalist by the Afghanistan government on August 20 for refusing to identify sources for...
South Asian journalist unions condemn brutal murder of US journalist James Foley
South Asia’s journalist unions today united in their condemnation of the brutal murder of US journalist James Foley in the Middle East. Foley, a respected international photojournalist who had previously survived a kidnapping in Libya, was killed by ISIS militants and...
Journalist arrested over news in Bangladesh
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins the Bangladesh Manobodhikar Sambadhik Forum (BMSF) in demanding the immediate release of journalist Rabiullah Robi arrested on August 19, accused of violating religious sentiment. Robi, news editor of the...
IFJ, PFUJ concerned with political violence targeting journalists
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) are concerned at incidences of violence being directed at media workers, particularly those from Geo News in Pakistan. The IFJ has called on all political leaders to...
IFJ and BMSF concerned over the worsening safety conditions for journalists
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and the Bangladesh Manobodhikari Sambadhik Forum (BMSF) strongly condemn an attack this week on a senior journalist in Barisal city amid a climate of declining safety for media workers in Bangladesh. Pulack Chatterjee,...