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  • 29 Sep 2015
    Taliban attacks media house in Kunduz

    By IFJ Asia-Pacific Comments

    The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliate the Afghan Independent Journalists Association (AIJA) in strongly condemning an attack on a media house in Kundux province, north eastern Afghanistan on Monday, September 28. On Mo...

  • 28 Sep 2015
    Indian journalists receive threats

    By IFJ Asia-Pacific Comments

    The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) condemns the threats issued to Indian journalists Nikhil Wagle and Shyamsundar Sonnar on August 22 by Sanatan Sanstha, a Hindu group in Mumbai, India. The IFJ calls on the Indian authorities to immedi...

  • 24 Sep 2015
    Pakistani media workers unpaid for months

    By IFJ Asia-Pacific Comments

    The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliate the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) express serious concerns over the non-payment of wages to journalists and media workers from BOL Network in Pakistan. The IFJ and PFU...

  • 24 Sep 2015
    TV reporter manhandled by Pakistan railway officers

    By IFJ Asia-Pacific Comments

    The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliate the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) in condemning the manhandling of a TV reporter by the railway officers and police in Karachi, Pakistan. On September 22, Chand Nawa...

  • 23 Sep 2015
    Pakistani media in crosshairs

    By Lubna Jerar Naqvi Comments

    September didn’t begin well for the Pakistani media. In less than 24 hours, two media personnel were killed and two seriously injured in a series attacks in two cities. On the night of September 8, 2015 a DSNG van of Geo News was attacked by unknow...

  • 22 Sep 2015
    Freelance journalist killed in Afghanistan

    By IFJ Asia-Pacific Comments

    The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliate the Afghanistan Independent Journalists Association (AIJA) in condemning the murder of a young freelance journalist in Faizabad, the capital of Badakhshan province in Northern Afgh...

  • 21 Sep 2015
    Taliban faction threatens Pakistani media

    By IFJ Asia-Pacific Comments

    The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliate the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) condemn the continued threats issued by a Pakistani Taliban faction against the media. The IFJ calls on the Pakistani government to t...

  • 17 Sep 2015
    Nepali photojournalists in demonstrations

    By Bikash Karki Comments

    On September 15, 2015, I was at New Baneshwor, Kathmandu in front of the Constituent Assembly (CA) as there was a demonstration. The protesters were demanding that Nepal should be declared a Hindu state in the new constitution which the CA voted agai...

  • 16 Sep 2015
    Ex-MP threatens to kill journalists on live radio in Nepal

    By IFJ Asia-Pacific Comments

    The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins the Federation of Nepali Journalists (FNJ) and the Nepal Press Union (NPU) in condemning the threat against journalists by burning them alive by an ex-parliamentarian and central committee membe...

  • 15 Sep 2015
    South Asia Media Solidarity Bulletin: September, 2015

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    Welcome to the monthly e-bulletin of the South Asia Media Solidarity Network (SAMSN). The next bulletin will be sent on October 15, 2015, and your inputs are most welcome. We encourage contributions to let others know what you are doing; to seek soli...