The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its Indian affiliates the National Union of Journalists (India) and the All India Newspaper Employees Federation (AINEF) call for investigation on the mysterious death of a 31-year-old Indian journalist Milita...
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Call for release of jailed Pakistani journalist
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joints its affiliate Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) in urging the Afghanistan government to pardon the Pakistani journalist jailed for crossing the border into Afghanistan without complete documentation....
The challenges of a female reporter in Pakistan
The horrible morning of Sunday, November 22, 2013, the Christian community of Peshawar was targeted by two consecutive suicide blasts at the All Saints Church Kohati, Peshawar. I arrived there within 10 minutes of the incident. The scene in the church was very...
2014 SAMSN Meeting: Kathmandu, Nepal
Journalists, human rights activists and union leaders representing press freedom organisations and journalists unions across the South Asian region met at Kathmandu from July 18 to 20, 2014 for the 13th annual meeting of the South Asia Media Solidarity Network...
Eight journalists assaulted in Bangladesh
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and the Bangladesh Manobodhikar Sambadik Forum (BMSF) condemn the assault of eight journalists during a football match in Dhaka on Monday night, July 14. According to reports, the journalists were allegedly assaulted...
Afghan radio journalist assassinated at home
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliate Afghanistan Independent Journalists Association (AIJA) have called for a thorough investigation into the shooting murder of radio journalist Khalid Agah Yaqubi this week. He is the fourth journalist...
Gender Networking Conference: Kathmandu, Nepal
The IFJ and the SAMSN hosted the second South Asia Gender Networking Conference in Kathmandu, Nepal, on July 17. The one-day meeting was aimed at moving forward from identifying the issues to bringing “action” for women in media in South Asia. The meeting formulated a...
Afghan court jails Pakistani journalist for four years
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) in expressing concern over the harsh prison sentence imposed on TV journalist Faizullah Khan and demands the Afghan government review the case with a view to...
Union Leadership and Media Rights Monitoring and Advocacy: Kathmandu, Nepal
The IFJ organized the LO-TCO Union Leadership Training in Kathmandu, Nepal on Monday, July 14. IFJ Asia Pacific Director Jacqueline Park delivered the daylong training to 29 newly elected members of the Federation of Nepali Journalists (FNJ). The training focused on...
Sri Lanka muzzles NGOs and bans media-related activities
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins the Sri Lanka Working Journalists Association (SLWJA) and Free Media Movement (FMM) in condemning the decision of the Sri Lankan government to ban civil society non-governmental organisations (NGOs) from having...