The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliate the Federation of Nepali Journalists (FNJ) in welcoming the court verdict on the case of murder of journalist Yadav Poudel on July 10, 2014. A joint bench of Justices Udaya Prakash Chapagain and...
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Journalist’s home bombed in Pakistan
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliate the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) in strongly condemning the bomb attack on the home of a journalist in Peshawar, Pakistan on July 2, 2014 – the third attack on the journalist’s home...
Pakistan suspends license of second TV channel
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) strongly condemn the decision of the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PERMA) to suspend the license of ARY TV and impose a fine of Rs. 10 million...
Bill on Contempt of Court Undermines Freedom of Expression in Nepal
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliate the Federation of Nepali Journalists (FNJ) in expressing serious concerns over the proposed Contempt of the Court bill. The bill, registered on June 9 in the Legislature Parliament by the...
US-based Afghan journalist arrested on arrival in Kandahar
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliate the Afghanistan Independent Journalists Association (AIJA) in condemning the arrest of a US-based Afghan journalist without charge on Tuesday, June 17. Khalid Hadi Haidari, the editor-in-chief of...
Controversial labor reforms proposed for Rajasthan
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliate the Delhi Union of Journalists (DUJ) in raising serious concerns over the labor reforms that the government of Rajasthan state of India has recently approved. Last week, the state cleared major...
Don’t become the story
Female journalists all over the world are vulnerable to all kinds of threats like harassment - psychological, physical and sexual harm. The most shocking incident was probably the gang-rape of American war correspondent Lara Logan by a mob in Egypt’s Tahrir Square in...
Threat and intimidation forces end to Sri Lankan journalist training
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins Sri Lankan affiliate the Free Media Movement (FMM) in condemning the role of security forces in the cancellation of a yet another workshop for journalists’ in Gampaha, Sri Lanka, on June 7. According to reports,...
IFJ calls for release of Pakistani journalist detained in Afghanistan
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) in calling on Afghanistan authorities to speed up the procedure for the release of a Pakistani TV journalist being detained in Afghanistan since April 22, 2014....
Another Jang Group journalist beaten in Pakistan as dire situation escalates
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) condemns the attack on Zafar Aheer, a resident editor for the Daily Jang newspaper. Half-a-dozen unidentified armed and masked men attacked Aheer and left him injured in Multan, Punjab province on Saturday, May 31....