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Spreading awareness about sexual harassment
Despite the fact that sexual violence and harassment are rampant, there is very little awareness about it, says Lubna Jerar Naqvi who is doing her bit to raise awareness. Sexual harassment and sexual assault are rampant but in societies like Pakistan - religious and...
Journalists assaulted while covering poll violence in Kolkata
Photojournalist Biplab Mondal of The Times of India daily was forcibly undressed, illegally confined and beaten while other journalists and photojournalists were attacked in Alipore, Kolkata, West Bengal on April 9, 2018 while they were covering the filing of...
Expedite law enforcement action against the “Sirasa” attackers
The Free Media Movement strongly condemns the unruly behaviour and acts of intimidation carried out by an organised group opposite the Sirasa Media Network. We urge that the government conducts an impartial inquiry into this incident and take strict legal action...
IJU strongly protest decision to appoint committee for online media
The Indian Journalists Union (IJU) strongly protested against decision of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting to appoint a committee with officials of various ministries and representatives of the Press Council of India (PCI), News Broadcasters Association...
IFJ AP Director Jacqui Park leaves
Jacqui Park has stepped down as IFJ Asia Pacific Director to pursue new opportunities in journalism. As the founding regional director for the International Federation of Journalists Asia Pacific, Jacqui has been responsible for leading a team of experts in press...
Journalist shot dead during argument in Punjab, Pakistan
Pakistani journalist, Zeeshan Ashraf Butt became the second journalist killed in Pakistan this year, when he was shot dead on March 27. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) deplores the killing and calls for an immediate investigation. Zeeshan, a...
ස්වේච්ඡා සමාජ සේවා පණත සංශෝධනය ප්රජාතන්ත්රවාදයට අනතුරක්
1980 අංක 31 දරණ ස්වේච්ඡා සමාජ සේවා පනත සංශෝධනය කිරිම සඳහා රජය මේ වන විට ගනිමින් තිබෙන උත්සාහය ප්රජාතන්ත්රවාදයේ පැවැත්මට එරෙහි ප්රබල අභියෝගයක් බව නිදහස් මාධ්ය ව්යාපාරයේ පිළිගැනිමයි. මෙම නව සංශෝධන යටතේ පුරවැසියන් සතු සංවිධානය විමේ අයිතිය, රැුස්විමේ නිදහස ඇතුළු...
India: Two journalists killed in 24 hours
Sandeep Sharma and Naveen Nishchal were both killed in separate vehicle incidents in India on Monday, March 26. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliate the National Union of Journalists (India) condemn the killings and demand immediate and...
NUJ (India) strongly condemn brutal killing of journalists in Bihar and Madhya Pradesh
The National Union of Journalists (India) joins its state unit NUJ(Bihar) and Journalists Union of Madhya Pradesh in strongly condemning the gruesome murder of frontline journalist Brajesh Kumar working for national daily newspaper in Bihar and Sandeep Sharma working...