The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and the journalist organisation Bangladesh Manobadhikar Sangbadik Forum (BMSF) have expressed concern at the circumstances that led to the death of a Bangladeshi journalist on March 1. Shah Alam Mollah Sagar, 41, died...
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Journalist Killers Convicted in Historic Ruling in Pakistan
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliate the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) acknowledged the pivotal significance of the judgement of Pakistan’s Anti-Terrorist Court this week when it handed down the country’s first successful...
Journalist Abrar Tanoli killed in Pakistan
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliate the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) to strongly condemn the killing of a journalist in Abbotabad, in the Hazara region of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in Pakistan. On Sunday March 2,...
Two Media Offices Attacked in Karachi as Pakistan Media Violence Continues
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) is gravely concerned about the ongoing violence targeted against journalists in Pakistan after two separate media organisations were attacked with hand grenades on the evening of Monday, February 17. IFJ affiliate the...
Indian journalists and the IFJ Mourn the Loss of Shri Madan Talwar
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its Indian affiliate the All India Newspaper Employees Federation (AINEF) in expressing its deepest sympathies to the family and colleagues of Shri Madan Talwar, general secretary of AINEF and former secretary of...
IFJ Hails Indian Supreme Court Decision on Majithia Wage Board Recommendations
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliates the Indian Journalist Union (IJU) and the National Union of Journalists India (NUJI) commend the Supreme Court of India’s decision to uphold a new pay structure for newspaper journalists, in line...
PFUJ member killed and threats to journalists continue in Pakistan
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliate, the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ), to express its sympathy for murdered journalist and PFUJ member Afzal Khawaja in Baluchistan provinceearlier this week and again calls on government action after a separate incident involving threats to the news director of Karachi-based Geo News TV.
Pakistan Journalists Protest Countrywide after Deadliest Month in Years
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) said the first month of 2014 has been one of the deadliest in years for media workers in Pakistan. Four members of the media were slain in January and IFJ affiliate the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) continues to stage ongoing protests and actions across the country to mourn those lost and to demand action from the government to ensure the safety of media workers in Pakistan.
Four years on, the IFJ remembers PrageethEkneligoda and calls for overdue action
Today marks the four-year anniversary of the disappearance of Sri Lankan journalist and cartoonist PrageethEkneligoda. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) is calling on the Sri Lankan Government (GSL) to properly investigate Ekneligoda’s case and prosecute all those guilty of attacking journalists and news gatherers since the Rajapaksa regime came to power.
Pakistani journalist campaigner receives death threats
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) today expressed its ongoing concern for the safety of journalists in Pakistan with reports that a senior leader of IFJ affiliate, Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ), has received death threats in direct response to his activism and campaigning. The IFJ is calling on the Pakistan government to take heed of the calls by Pakistan’s journalists to take action on journalist killings.