Meghalaya village council in northeast India filed a police complaint against veteran journalist and Shillong Times editor Patricia Mukhim over her Facebook post. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliate the Indian Journalists Union (IJU)...
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India: IJU’s concern on police complaint against the Shillong Times Editor Patricia Mukhim
Indian Journalists Union ( IJU) has expressed serious concern at a police complaint by Lawsohtun village council against The Shilllong Times editor Patricia Mukhim on Monday for a social media post. The village council filed the complaint against Mukhim, alleging...
Pakistan: Court tells media regulator not to suspend 24 News HD licence
The Lahore High Court directed Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) to restore license of private TV channel 24NewsHD on July 7. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its Pakistan affiliate the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists...
नेपाल ः श्रमजीवी पत्रकारको पेशागत सुरक्षाका लागि महासंघले सुरु गरेको दबाव र आन्दोलन जारी
कोभिड–१९ को महामारीका समयमा सञ्चार प्रतिष्ठानहरुले श्रमजीवी पत्रकारहरुलाई निष्काशन गर्ने, तलब कटौती गर्ने, बेतलबी बिदामा राख्ने र काम गर्ने वातावरण सृजना नगर्ने जस्ता कार्यविरुद्ध नेपाल पत्रकार महासंघ दबाव र आन्दोलनमा छ । महासंघले उत्पन्न समस्या समाधान गर्नका लागि...
Bangladesh: Journalist brutally attacked after reporting on corruption
Shariful Alam Chowdhury, a reporter for the Daily Samakal, was severely assaulted by several members of the local citizen union, the Union Parishad on July 4. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) condemns this incident and calls on Bangladesh authorities...
India: investigative journalist Rana Ayyub receives rape and death threats for social media posts about Kashmir
Rana Ayyub's social media profiles have been flooded with rape and death threats after she wrote posts about a Kashmiri victim killed by the Indian police. The IFJ has welcomed Mumbai police's decision to start an investigation immediately and have called for action...
Nepal: DNA test confirms death of missing journalist Tej Bahadur Khadka
A DNA test confirmed a body found in November 2019 matched that of Tej Bahadur Khadka, a Bajura-based Radio Budhinanda journalist who went missing on August 27, 2018. The International Federation of Journalists and its affiliate the Federation of Nepali Journalist...
Sri Lanka: On the front line of media rights
Political upheavals in Sri Lanka have given rise to new challenges. To protect media freedom, journalists and media workers must focus on collective action, writes Viranjana Herath. Sri Lanka, a tiny island in the Indian Ocean but unfortunately a large dot on the...
India: Journalist attacked for investigating factory
On the June 29, journalist Hofe Dada was confronted and assaulted while filming a piece on pollutions levels at a factory in Aruachal Pradesh. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliate, Indian Journalists Union (IJU), denounce the attempts to...
IJU concern over Prasar Bharati Threat to PTI
The Indian Journalists Union expresses profound concern over government’s latest attempt to rein in the media, this time the biggest news agency PTI through the so-called ‘autonomous’ public service broadcaster Prasar Bharati. It is learnt that the Prasar Bharti has...