On World Press Freedom Day, a team of women reporters of Khabar Lahariya, a newspaper run by rural women in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, said that if they were to reply to this question, with one of their own, they would say, ‘Dear Male Colleague, Are...
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#WPFD2018: Clampdowns and Courage
Jane Worthington - IFJ Asia Pacific acting director wrote this piece for the South Asia Press Freedom Report 2017-18 - Clampdowns and Courage. As we fight for journalist rights for another year, there’s a pervading sentiment emanating through the collective discourse...
Clampdowns and Courage: The challenge for South Asia’s media
As we mark World Press Freedom Day, the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its South Asia affiliates, together with the South Asia Media Solidarity Network (SAMSN) launch the 16th South Asia Press Freedom Report, Clampdowns and Courage. Just three days...
#WPFD2018: Media Reforms – the Present and Beyond
Delivering the keynote address at the World Press Freedom Day event on May 2, 2018, organized by the Free Media Movement at the Sri Lanka Press Institute, MJR David provides a succinct analysis of media reforms in Sri Lanka. There have been many efforts to develop...
End impunity, bring killers of journalists to book
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and the South Asia Media Solidarity Network (SAMSN) urged governments in South Asia to urgently roll out concrete measures to end the reigning impunity in crimes against journalists and ensure justice to slain and...
Media’s #MeToo Moment
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and the South Asia Media Solidarity Network (SAMSN) urged the media managements, journalist unions and associations to proactively make media workplaces safer for woman journalists in the wake of the global...
Ten journalists killed in Afghanistan in a single day, after gunmen shot dead BBC reporter
Unknown gunmen killed Ahmad Shah, a journalist with BBC Afghan service, on April 30, 2018 in Khost province, Eastern Afghanistan making the day the deadliest for media as nine other journalists were killed earlier in the day in a suicide attack in Kabul. The...
Afghanistan: Nine journalists killed in Kabul suicide attack
According to reports, 9 journalists, including a female journalist, were killed in Kabul, Afghanistan in back-to-back suicide attacks, the second of which targeted the journalists on April 30, 2018. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joined the...
Indian journalist subjected of harsh online harassment
Investigative journalist Rana Ayyub has been subjected of relentless doxing, online abuse and violent threats including death threats in India. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) condemns the targeted online harassment of the journalist and demands...
Unidentified gunmen shoot TV journalist dead in Kandahar
Two unknown gunmen shot dead Kabul News TV journalist Abdul Manan Arghand, 31, on April 25, 2018 at Yarana Market in the outskirts of Kandahar city, Afghanistan. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) strongly condemns the killing of journalist Arghand and...