Police registered a case against six suspects, accused of the murder of KTN news journalist, Zulfiqar Ali Mandrani who was shot by unidentified gunmen on May 26 in Jacobabad. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliate the Pakistan Federal...
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Sri Lanka: Regional TV correspondent assaulted by thugs
Bimal Shyaman, a journalist with Hiru, Derana and Swarnavahini television channels, was harassed and assaulted while reporting the Eid celebrations in the Atulugama area of Kalutara on May 24, 2020. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its Sri Lanka...
Pakistan: Journalist shot and killed in Sindh
Zulfiqar Ali Mandrani, a senior journalist with the Sindhi newspaper Daily Koshish was shot dead by two assailants in Jacobabad on Tuesday, May 26. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliate the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalist (PFUJ)...
Sri lanka : Obstructing and Intimidating the work of regional journalist Bimal Shyaman is a violation of media freedom – Free Media Movement
Media reported an incident where Bimal Shyaman, the regional journalist of Hiru, Derana and Swarnavahini Television channels, was intimated and harassed on May 24, 2020 while reporting the Ramazan celebrations of the Atulugama area, which was open to widespread...
Alert: Journalist murdered in Jacobabad District, Pakistan
The IFJ has received a report Zulfiqar Mandrani, a journalist associated with the Kawish Television Network (KTN) Group was shot and killed by unidentified assailants in Jacobabad District, Pakistan on May 26. Zulfiqar is the second journalist working with KTN Group...
South Asia: Governments of India and Pakistan among top requesters of Facebook user data
The governments of India and Pakistan are stand-outs in terms of asking Facebook to reveal information related to user accounts. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), its Pakistan affiliate the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalist (PFUJ) and Indian...
India: Government intensifies clampdown to media over Covid-19 reporting
As arrests, attacks and harassment of journalists continues over their reports on the government’s administrative failures in handling Covid-19, the National Union of Journalists( India) (NUJ-I) has sent a letter to the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi...
नेपाल ः नेपाल प्रेस युनियनको २९ औँ बार्षिकोत्सवको शुभकामना
मुलुकभरका लोकतन्त्रवादी सञ्चारकर्मीहरुको एक मात्र साझा संस्था नेपाल प्रेस युनियन यही जेठ १३ गते आफ्नो स्थापनाको २९ औँ वर्षमा प्रवेश गरेको छ । यस अवसरमा सम्पूर्ण सञ्चारकर्मी र प्रेस तथा अभिव्यक्ति स्वतन्त्रताका पक्षधरहरूमा हार्दिक बधाई तथा शुभकामना व्यक्त गर्दछु ।...
India: NUJ-I expresses concern on closure of media houses and retrenchment of journalists
The National Union of Journalists (India) has sought immediate intervention of the Government of India to put a stop to the ongoing large-scale retrenchment of working journalists and other coercive measures of the media houses in the under the belt of COVID19...
India: NUJ(I) writes to Prime Minister against harassment of media persons during COVID- 19 pandemic reporting
One would believe that in a democracy like India, where the freedom of expression is fortified within its Constitution, the freedom of the press to report without fear would be protected. However, facts prove otherwise. When a Nation ensure freedom of the press and...