The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliate the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) in expressing serious concern over the disappearance of a magazine editor and other activists in Pakistan. The IFJ urges the Pakistan government to...
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Pakistani TV reporter unlawfully detained for hours
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliate the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) in expressing serious concerns over the unlawful detention and alleged torture of a television reporter in Sukkur of Sindh Province in Pakistan....
Sri Lankan PM Security Division seizes TV’s drone camera
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliate the Free Media Movement (FMM) Sri Lanka in condemning the seizing of a drone camera used by the Hiru TV to report on a demonstration in Mirijjawila, Hambantota on January 7. Hiru TV used the drone...
Seizing cameras of Hiru TV is grave violation of rights of journalists
While vehemently condemning the seizing of drone camera of the Hiru TV while reporting the protest against Sri Lanka-China joint venture in Mirijjawila, Hambantota, the Free Media Movement states that it is a grave violation of professional rights of journalists. The...
Remembering Lasantha
Eight years after the murder of The Sunday Leader editor Lasantha Wickrematunge, his colleague Dilrukshi Handunnetti remembers all that he stood for: truth, courage, and justice. Way back in 2007, when I was assigned one of the biggest investigative stories I was ever...
India: Killing spree continues in Bihar and Jharkhand
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliate the National Union of Journalists (India) in strongly condemning the killing of a journalist in Samastipur district of Bihar, India on January 3. The IFJ demands the immediate arrest and prosecution...
NUJ(I) condemns brutal killing of journalist in Bihar’s Samastipur
The National Union of Journalists (India) is shocked over the growing attacks on journalists in Bihar. The latest brutal attack on a journalist, Brajesh Kumar, by about five-six unidentified men at Salkhani village of Bibhutipur distirct is highly condemnable. The...
Missing Journalist found dead in Jharkhand; family claims murder
A senior journalist, Hari Prakash, was found dead in Jharkhand's Hazaribagh district. The family members of the journalist claimed that he has been murdered. He was missing for the last two days. The police recovered a bottle of poison from the journalist, and his...
Journalism: A tragic adventure?
In Bangladesh, speaking the truth to power attracts jail sentences, not Pulitzer prizes, says Sam Jahan. Most people I meet in Bangladesh try their best to absorb the fact of my working as a full-time journalist in the country. "But why?" they ask. I have asked this...
नेपाली प्रेस तथा अभिव्यक्ति स्वतन्त्रतामा सन् २०१६ को अवस्थासम्बन्धी संक्षिप्त प्रतिवेदन
प्रेस तथा अभिव्यक्ति स्वतन्त्रताको दृष्टिकोणले सन् २०१६ मा विगतका वर्षको तुलनामा केहिहद सुधार भएको पाइएको छ । सन् २०१५ मा तराई मधेश आन्दोलन तथा विभिन्न संघसंगठनको आन्दोलनका कारण मिडियामाथि आक्रमणका घटना अधिक देखिएकोमा विगतको वर्षभन्दा यो वर्ष प्रेस स्वतन्त्रता हनन्का...