Kolkata-based English daily The Telegraph announced the shutdown of its Guwahati edition, asking staff to resign by May 31, citing the economic pressures of Covid-19. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its Indian affiliate, the National Union of...
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Pakistan: Sports journalist attacked and left unconscious
Ijaz Ahmed Khan, senior sports reporter for the Associated Press of Pakistan (APP) Pesawar Bureau was critically injured by unidentified assailants. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its Pakistan affiliate, the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalist...
India: Kashmiri police summons digital magazine’s founding editor
A day after publishing an article on a Srinagar gunfight, Fahah Shah, founding editor of The Kashmir Walla was summoned to Srinagar cyber police station. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) expresses concern over police arbitrarily summoning journalists...
NUJ(I) Condemn FIR against journalist in UP
New Delhi May 20, 2020: The National Union of Journalists (India) expresses grave concern over rising cases of State governments intimidating, harassing and detaining journalists by misusing the sedition law as well as Disaster Management Act in Uttar Pradesh. NUJ(I)...
India: Journalist charged for reporting mismanagement of quarantine centre
The Uttar Pradesh (UP) government has filed a First Information Report (FIR) against Today 24 news journalist Ravindra Saxena for his report highlighting the mismanagement of a quarantine centre in the Sitapur district. The International Federation of Journalists...
India: Protesting migrant workers attack journalist
A group of protesting migrant workers attacked ABP Gujarati correspondent Hardik Joshi in Gujarat’s Shapar area, injuring him critically. The International Federation of Journalist (IFJ) condemns the attack. The migrant workers turned violent following the...
IFJ Blog: Unsafe health reporting amid Covid-19
The situation confronting health journalists in Pakistan has made them fearful amid concerns of inadequate protections writes Lubna Jerar Naqvi. Reporting has become a dangerous task during the Covid-19 pandemic in Pakistan with at least 50 journalists infected and...
नेपाल ः प्रेस विज्ञप्ती
नेपाल प्रेस युनियन संखुवासभाका पूर्व अध्यक्ष तथा महाधिवेशन प्रतिनिधी श्यामप्रसाद निरौलामाथि ज्यान मार्ने उद्धेश्यले सांघातिक आक्रमण भएको घटनाले नेपाल प्रेस युनियन मर्माहत हुनुका साथै आक्रोशित भएको छ। नेपाल पत्रकार महासंघ संखुवासभाका अध्यक्ष समेत रहेका निरौलामाथि जेठ २...
Bangladesh: Daily newspaper staff charged under Digital Security Act
Media workers from Meherpur Pratidin daily are accused of defaming former lawmaker Maqbool Hossain under the Digital Security Act (DSA). The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) call on authorities to drop the charges and review the Digital Security Act....
India: Gujarati editor slapped with sedition charge for Covid-19 report
Dhaval Patel, the editor of Gujarati Face of Nation news website, was arrested on May 11 and charged with sedition for publishing a report that alleged Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani may be replaced for mishandling the Covid-19 response. The International...