The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliate the Media, Entertainment & Arts Alliance (MEAA) in condemning the actions of a Vodafone employee accessing phone records of an Australian journalist. The IFJ joins MEAA in its complaint to Mr Iñaki Berroeta, Vodafone Hutchison Australia’s CEO and call for an investigation by the Australian Office of the Information Commission.
On Saturday September 12, Vodafone released a statement admitting that an employee had ‘accessed some text messages and call records’ of Australian investigative journalist, Natalie O’Brien in January 2011. Reports have suggested that Vodafone was aware the actions were illegal and that a…
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 member of political party Madhesh Samajbadi Forum, Baban Singh, on September 14.The IFJ and its affiliates in Nepal also condemn continued attacks against a number of journalists in ongoing country-wide demonstrations against the proposed draft of the new constitution and urge the government to provide protection for journalists.
On Monday, September 14, Singh, while being interviewed live on Kohinoor FM, threatened to burn journalists, Shiva Puri…
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) held a seminar on gender and media on 4 and 5 September in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The event was supported by the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung and formed part of a triannual project led in the region to promote gender equality in journalists' trade unions' activities.
The seminar ended with the adoption of the Buenos Aires Declaration( in spanish).
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On Monday 14 September 2015, a delegation of the PFUJ, the IFJ affiliate in Pakistan, visited for the first time the IFJ headquarters in Brussels.
The delegation was welcomed by IFJ deputy general secretary Anthony Bellanger. It consisted of PFUJ president Rana Azeem, second general secretary, Ashraf Majeed, member of the PFUJ executif committee Ishfaq Sajida, president of the Islamabad union RIUJ), Shakeel Ahmed and officer in charge of international relations Asim Ayaz.
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The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has today backed its affiliate, the Iraqi Journalists Syndicate (IJS), and its call on the Iraqi government to protect Haidar Al Mansouri, Basra city IJS branch director, following several death threats he received last week.
According to the IJS, journalist Haidar Al Mansouri and head of the IJS branch in Basra city, received a number of death threats last week, following the union’s support to Iraqi journalists covering the mass demonstrations that started in Iraq several weeks ago. The protests are calling for the elimination of corruption in the Iraqi political system and for providing citizens with necessary services.
In their…
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliate the Colombian Federacion of journalists (FECOLPER) in condemning the murder of a Colombian woman journalist.
Nuñez was shot on September 10 in Pitalito, Huila as she was entering her workplace. The journalist, also collaborator of TV5 and Channel Nation TV, had received anonymous threats for having published investigations on some criminal activities.
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Two journalists have been killed in less than 24 hours in Pakistan. 42-year-old senior journalist Aftab Alam, who was on sabbatical due to health issues, was killed in a gun attack near his home in Karachi. Unknown assailants opened fire on 42-year-old Alam and fled the scene. Alam was rushed to hospital by his mother and sister but he died from his injuries. Alam was last employed in Geo TV and had also worked for Saama TV earlier in his career.
The murder came only hours after Arshad Ali Jaffery, a 45-year-old Geo TV satellite engineer, was killed as three gunmen fired at the Digital Satellite News Gathering (DSNG) van belonging to f Geo TV in Bahadurabad, Karachi. The…
The 42-year-old senior journalist who was on sabbatical due to health issues was killed in a gun attack near his home in Karachi. Unknown assailants opened fire Alam and fled the scene. He was rushed to hospital by his mother and sister but he died from his injuries. Alam was last employed in Geo TV and had also worked for Saama TV earlier in his career.
The murder came only hours after Arshad Ali Jaffery, a 45-year-old Geo TV satellite engineer, was killed as three gunmen fired at the Digital Satellite News Gathering (DSNG) van belonging to f Geo TV in Bahadurabad, Karachi.
According to the International and European Federations of Journalists' affiliate, the Dutch Journalists Association (NVJ), Dutch journalist and correspondent based in Diyarbakir (Turkey) Frederike Geerdink has today been deported to Amsterdam by the Turkish authorities, who accuse her of “hindering a military operation and supporting a terrorist organisation.” Geerdink has been detained for two days following her coverage of a Kurdish group protesting clashes between the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militants and the Turkish military.
Frederike Geerdink lived Turkey since 2006 and has been based in Diyarbakir since 2012 where she…
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has today backed its affiliate, the National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ), in deploring the cold-blooded assassination of journalist Abdullahi Ali Hussein last 8 September in the capital, Mogadishu.
The NUSOJ said in a statement that, according to a witness and the journalist’s family, on Tuesday 8 September evening Hussein was followed by two gunmen from the mosque after night prayer and was shot four times in the head and chest near his home in Dharkeneley district, southwest Mogadishu. The journalist died on the spot and killers escaped from the crime scene.
Hussein was a well-known journalist who had previously received…
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins the Federation of Nepali Journalists (FNJ) in condemning continued attacks on journalists covering the political demonstrations in Nepal. The IFJ urges Nepal government to ensure that journalists are not subjected of the violence by the state and non-state parties; and support a free and safe environment for media reporting.
On Monday, September 7, photojournalist Bikram Rauniyar was attacked by police personnel while he was covering a clash between police and protestors near Ram Mandir, Janakpur, in southern Nepal. The secretary of FNJ district committee sustained injuries and his camera was destroyed in the attack.
“I was about to…
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliate the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) condemn the second murder of a journalist in less than 24 hours in a targeted gun attack in Karachi, Pakistan on September 9, 2015. The IFJ and PFUJ are outrages by the attacks in Karachi and calls for prompt action to arrest those responsible and has re-affirmed its calls on the Pakistani government for decisive steps to be made against ongoing media killings and attacks.
Senior journalist Aftab Alam, who was on sabbatical due to health issues, was killed in a gun attack near his home in Karachi. Unknown assailants opened fire on 42-year-old Alam and fled the scene. Alam…
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its European organisation, the European Federation of Journalists (EFJ), have today backed their affiliate, the Hungarian Press Union, which slammed a TV camerawoman who was filmed kicking refugees as they fled from police last Tuesday in Hungary.
In a video footage widely shared in media reports on the attack which took place on 8 September, Petra Laszlo, who worked for N1TV, is seen kicking several refugees, including children, as they ran from a police lines during disturbances at Roszke, southern Hungary. The footage, which was filmed by another journalist covering the event, shows Laszlo tripping up a man running with a child in…
The 45-year-old GEO TV satellite engineer was killed when three gunmen opened fire at Geo TV van in Bahadurabad, Karachi. The van’s driver Anees was also injured but is in hospital in a stable condition. The van was parked outside a department store and two other Geo TV staff who were outside the van escaped injury in the attack. The attackers fled the scene on motorbikes.
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliate the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) in condemning the murder of a GEO TV media worker in a targeted gun attack in Karachi, Pakistan on September 8. The IFJ urges prompt action to arrest those responsible and has re-affirmed its calls on the Pakistani government for decisive steps to be made against ongoing media killings and attacks in the country.
Arshad Ali Jaffery, a 45-year-old GEO TV satellite engineer, was killed as three gunmen fired at the Digital Satellite News Gathering (DSNG) van belonging to f Geo TV in Bahadurabad, Karachi. The van’s driver Anees was also injured but is in hospital in a…
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliate Aliansi Jurnalis Indepeden (AJI) and the International Partnership Mission for Indonesia (IPMI) in calling on the Indonesian government to investigate the murder of Indonesian journalist, Fuad Muhammad Syafruddin (Udin). The IFJ calls for immediate action and justice for Udin.
On August 13, 1996, Udin, a journalist with Bernas newspaper was attacked by two men outside his house, in Yogyakarta in central Java. Three days later on August 16, Udin died from his injuries in hospital. Following his death, Yogyakarta police launched an investigation which initially tried to claim that the death was the result of an…
The International Federation of Journalists (EFJ) and its European organisation, the European Federation of Journalists (IFJ), jointly call on the Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu to immediately lift all bans against news organisations, protect press freedom (including journalists’ work places) and release all journalists being detained.
According to media reports, the Turkish Telecommunications Authority (TIB) has geographically blocked access to the website of Dicle News Agency (DIHA), dedicated to the coverage of the Kurdish issue.
“This is the eleventh time that free access to the Dicle News Agency’s online version is being…
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has today backed Chilean journalists and media workers' fight so that the basic rights are guaranteed in the new labour reform, approved by the senate in August.
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The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) is saddened by death of a Sri Lankan journalist on duty on Tuesday, September 8, 2015 in the North Central Province.
According to police reports, the 43-year-old provincial journalist was attacked by a wild elephant in Minneriya, near a national park in the north central province where the journalist had gone to cover incidents of wild elephant attacks in the area. He was admitted to the Hingurakgoda Hospital where he succumbed to his injuries.
The IFJ’s affiliate, the Yemen Journalists’ Syndicate (YJS), on Monday launched a report on press freedom violations in the country the first half of 2015 . The launch , which took place at the union’s premises in the capital, Sanaa, was attended by several union members, media outlets and rights’ organisations. The report’s findings confirmed the drastic deterioration of the media freedom environment, leading the union to say that the situation is “ extremely serious and this level of attacks against the press has not been seen in 25 years.”
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The IFJ organised a three-day safety training for journalists and media workers in the city of Rafah in the southern part of the Gaza strip at the Egyptian borders. Fourteen journalists, including 7 women, were trained on safety and first aid in conflict zones on 24-25 and 26 August 2015.
This training forms part of the regional “safety for journalists” programme funded by the Norwegian ministry of Foreign affairs.
Launched in 2011 this programme aims at developing journalists’ practical skills in the field of personal security, planning journalistic field mission and strengthening the safety of journalists’ places of residence and work, sustaining work in areas of…
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) is saddened by death of a Sri Lankan journalist on duty on Tuesday, September 8, 2015 in the North Central Province.
According to reports by the police, provincial journalist Priyantha Ratnayake, 43, was killed by a wild elephant attacked him in Minneriya, near a national park. He had gone to the village to cover incidents of wild elephant attacks in the area. He was admitted to the Hingurakgoda Hospital where he succumbed to his injuries.
The IFJ expresses condolence to the family of Ratnayake and urges his employer to provide compensation to his family.
The IFJ also urges the media houses to assess the safety situation for…
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its European organisation, the European Federation of Journalists (EFJ), have called on Turkish authorities to immediately release Dutch journalist Frederike Geerdink.
According to media reports, Geerdink was arrested on Sunday 6 September, at around 2 am, near the city of Yüksekova (Hakkari province, southeastern Turkey), while covering an event by activists of the People’s Democratic Party (HDP), a Kurdish opposition organisation. Geerdink was following a “human shield group” of 32 people when she was detained with all the members of the group. The police told them they were in a restricted area.
The Dutch journalist had…
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ)’s affiliate, the Yemen Journalists’ Syndicate (YJS), has today launched a report on press freedom violations in the country during the first half of 2015. The launch, which took place at YJS’s headquarters in Sanaa, gathered a number of journalists, trade-union members and human rights’ activists.
The report’s findings confirmed the drastic deterioration of the media freedom environment, leading YJS’s General Secretary, Marwan Dammaj, to say that the situation is “extremely serious, we have not seen such attacks on the press in 25 years.”
In this latest press freedom report, covering the period January-June 2015, the YJS has recorded…
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its European organisation, the European Federation of Journalists (EFJ), denounce the beating of a Serbian journalist on 27 august and support their affiliates in Serbia, the Association of Journalists of Serbia (UNS), the journalists’ union of Serbia (SINOS) and the Independent Association of Journalists of Serbia (NUNS) in their call for the attacks’ perpetrators to be tracked down and brought to justice.
Investigative journalist Ivan Ninic, 27, was beaten on August 27 in front of his home as he was locking his car in the parking lot. Two young men attacked him brutally using metal rods. The journalist suffered a…
Watch the video introducing Inside the News, an IFJ, UNESCO and UNWomen report looking at "Challenges and Aspirations for Women Journalists in Asia and the Pacific.
The report documents the issue of Gender Equity in the Media Industry throughout the region, as well as what can be done to maintain and protect it.
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The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) expresses concern regarding the arrest of two journalists covering environmental protests in Cambodia. The IFJ demands an immediate investigation into the arrests of the two journalists, which are an attack of press freedom.
According to reports, Lin Kin Sar, from the Khmer Post Radio and a citizen journalist, from the Community Legal Education Centre (CLEC), were arrested along with 15 protesters, as they covered an environmental protest in Koh Kong, in south-western Cambodia on September 2. The protest, by Mother Nature activists outside the Koh Kong Provincial Court, was against the illegal sand dredging in the province.
Following the…
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliate the National Union of Journalists (India) in condemning the circular issued by the Maharastra government to the state police regarding state critics. The IFJ calls on the government to immediately repeal the order which hinder freedom of expression.
On August 27, the state government of Maharastra, in western India, issued a circular, which gave the state police the power to take action against those who have a critical view or stand against the state or central governments’ policies and activities. The circular states that the sedition clause from the Indian Penal Code can be invoked against “whoever, by words, either…
Welcome to the tenth issue of IFJ Focus on Safety, a monthly blog which tracks safety-related events of concern to journalists. The current issue features the violent riots outside Ukraine Parliament in Kiev which left five journalists injured and the mafia threats against Italian journalists for reporting on its boss’ show stopping funeral in Rome. It also includes the killings of journalists during August, the attacks on media in the Philippines as well the story of unlikely survival of a Somali journalist who ducked the Al-Shabab bullet. As usual, the issue has the IFJ International Code of Practice for the Safe Conduct of Journalism.
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The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has today backed its affiliate, the Palestinian Journalists’ Syndicate (PJS), in urging Hamas to immediately release Palestinian journalist Shadi Ahmad Shaker Shaheen, who was arrested on 1 September. His family said they have had no contact with him since his arrest.
The PJS said that, according to the journalist’s father, members from Gaza police stormed his house on 1 September and searched it extensively, destroying some of his belongings. They also confiscated the reporter’s personal computer and camera before taking him to an undisclosed location.
“The PJS condemns these actions against our colleague Shaheen,” said the PJS in a…
Welcome to the tenth issue of the IFJ Focus on Safety, a monthly blog which provides highlights, news and in-depth analysis of safety-related events of concerns to journalists.
The blog is part of the IFJ strategy to promote the safety of journalists and to combat the issue of impunity. Please check out the IFJ International Code of Practice for the Safe Conduct of Journalism at the end of this issue.
We value your feedback and would like to hear about your safety experience on the field as well as any stories you would like to share with members of the IFJ family, the global journalists’ community.
The present issue covers the following:
- Five Journalists Injured in…
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has today condemned what it called harassment of journalists in Mauritania, after a number of them were questioned by police in cases involving politicians and government’s officials since the start of the year.
The latest took place last 1st September, when IFJ affiliate AJM’s General Secretary, Abderrahmane Ould Zouein, was called into by police after publishing an article about a fishing license delivered to a leader of a political party.
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The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) welcomes the arrest and charging of a number people in connection to the horrific spate of blogger and journalist machete murders in Bangladesh this year. The IFJ urges the Bangladeshi government to expedite legal procedures following the most recent arrests to ensure justice is delivered and to ensure every investment is made to ensure the others at large are captured and charged.
On September 1, the Bangladesh Police charged five militants of an al-Qaeda-linked banned Islamist group, the Ansarullah Bangla Team (ABT), with the machete hacking murder of Md Oyasiqur Rahman Babu. Oyasiqur, a 26-year-old atheist blogger killed on March 30 in…
Every week the International Federation of journalists (IFJ) is compiling a list of the top news articles from across the world in which it is mentioned.
Read some of the news highlights for this week:
1. UNESCO chief condemns killing of Philippine journalist, calls for inquiry
2. Azerbaijani Journalist Khadija Ismayilova Sentenced in Baku
3. Journalists from Thai news website acquitted of defaming Royal Navy as unions call for reform
4. THE GUARDIAN: Mozambique journalist is shot dead while jogging
5. FAJ Calls on Mozambique to Investigate the Killing of Journalist
6. Arrested British journalists testify: No links to terror, only work in…
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliates the Federation of Nepali Journalists (FNJ) and the Nepal Press Union (NPU) in expressing concern over the escalating violence against media and journalists in ongoing political unrest in Nepal. The IFJ calls on the state’s security forces and protesting groups to end the attacks on media workers and journalist who are simply doing their job covering the political unrest.
On September 2, Krishna Humagain, editor of Jhapa daily, Arundhara, in eastern Nepal was attacked by a group of strike enforcers while he was covering the general strike. Police were present at the scene of the attack, but did not intervene for…
A soft spoken and good mannered man, Omar Mohamud Wardere who worked for Risaala Radio in Mogadishu cuts a young university student’s figure. In his mid –thirties, he admits that he has “a baby face which belies my age”. However, the story of his lucky escape from his home town Mogadishu is no kid’s stuff.
Omar, a member of IFJ Somali affiliate NUSOJ, had been waiting for such a visit after publishing an article about the al-Shahab’s attack on the Ministry of Education
Omar owes his life to his quick thinking wife who confronted two men outside the family home in the Somali capital, last April. The men had come for Omar but his wife, suspecting their intention, refused to let them…
Five journalists were among the injured in riots between police and activists led by the populist Radical Party and the far-right Svoboda (Freedom) party outside the Parliament in Kiev on 31 August. The protesters had come out to oppose the bill amending the Ukrainian Constitution to grant greater autonomy to Russian-backed separatists in Eastern Ukraine.
Several grenades and tear gas were thrown as well as an explosive device, injuring at least 100 people including five journalists covering the clashes, police officers and national guards according to media reports.Ukrainian journalist Roman Malko received shrapnel wounds in both legs, journalists from Channel 5 Maxym Voloboey…
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its European organisation the European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) back their Ukrainian affiliates the National Union of Journalists of Ukraine (NUJU) and the Independent Media Trade Union of Ukraine (IMTUU) in deploring the injury of five journalists following riots in front of the Parliament in Kiev, Ukraine’s capital, on August 31.
Violent clashes took place in front of the Rada, Ukraine’s parliament, as deputies approved in first reading a bill amending the Ukrainian Constitution to grant greater autonomy to Russian-backed separatists in Eastern Ukraine.
Fighting erupted between activists led by the populist Radical…
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliate the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP) in strongly criticizing the attack against a number of media personnel covering protests in Manila in the Philippines. The IFJ and NUJP call on government to ensure the media are respected and take action against those responsible.
On Thursday, August 27, the influential Christian group, Iglesia ni Cristo (INC) staged large protests around the EDSA Shrine in Manila. By Monday, August 31, the crowd of protests had reached 20,000 people. INC members were protesting what they see as the government’s interference in church affairs. During the protests, there were a…
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its European organisation, the European Federation of Journalists (EFJ), have today condemned the sentencing of Azerbaijani journalist Khadija Ismayilova to 7.5 years in jail in the capital, Baku, in a case said to be retaliation for exposing state corruption.
On 1 September, the Baku Court of Grave Crimes convicted Ismayilova, an award-winning investigative journalist, at a closed trial on charges of libel, tax evasion, illegal business activity and abuse of power, media reported. Prosecutors had asked the court to sentence the reporter to nine years.
“We strongly condemn the outrageous sentence handed down to Khadija…
UPDATE: A court in southeastern Turkey on 3 September ordered their release. The official explanation by the court over why they were charged has yet to be published, media reported.
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and the European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) have backed their affiliate in Great Britain and Ireland, the National Union of Journalists (NUJ), in urging the Turkish authorities to immediately release British journalists Jake Hanrahan and Philip Pendlebury.
The reporters, who work for US-based media outlet Vice News, were yesterday accused of terror charges following their arrest last week in Diyarbakir province of Turkey on allegations of connection…
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its Australian affiliate the Media, Entertainment & Arts Alliance (MEAA) and the South East Asia Journalist Unions (SEAJU) in welcoming the verdict handed down in the long-running case against Thai journalist Chutima Sidasathian and Australian journalist Alan Morison. It heralded today’s acquittal of the two journalists as a pivotal victory for press freedom in Thailand.
Today, September 1, the Phuket Provincial Court acquitted Alan Morison and Chutima Sidasathian of all criminal defamation charges. In the ruling the judge, His Honour Justice Chaipthawat Chaya-ananphat, also said that it was not appropriate for authorities to use…
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliate the Hong Kong Journalists Association (HKJA) expresses its condemnation over the arrest and subsequent trial of Chinese journalist Wang Xiaolu and expresses strong concern for the abuse of power in the treatment of Wang and the continued crack down on press freedom in China.
On August 25, Wang Xiaolu, a business journalist with Caijing Magazine, one of <st1:country-region w:st="on">China</st1:country-region>’s leading financial magazines, was taken into custody for a story published on July 20. The story reported that the Chinese Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) was considering ending…
Today, Australian journalist, Alan Morison and Thai journalist, Chutima Sidasathian will start their three day (14-16 July) trial on defamation charges at the Phuket Provincial Court in Thailand. The pair were charged with criminal defamation on April 17, 2014 under articles 326 and 328 of the Thai Criminal Code and were also charged with ; and violation of article 14(1) of the Computer Crimes Act. The charges relate to the reproduction on phuketwan.com of a single paragraph from a Reuters special report on Rohingya boat-people published in July 2013. Reuters subsequently won a Pulitzer Prize for the investigation in 2014.
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Every week the International Federation of journalists (IFJ) is compiling a list of the top news articles from across the world in which it is mentioned.
1. IFJ Condemns Killing of Journalist in Mozambique
2. The Guardian: Mozambique journalist is shot dead while jogging
3. Mozambique: Journalist Unions Slam Editor's Killing
4. IFJ Mourns Death of Journalist Shot Dead in South Sudan
5. Journalist arrested in Thailand for carrying safety vest
6. Int'l press body condemns killing of journalist in South Sudan
7. IFJ condemns assassination of journalists in Virginia
8. Int's press body condemns killings of journlaists in the US
9. Live news gunman dies after…
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its Australian affiliate, the Media, Entertainment & Arts Alliance (MEAA) in denouncing the verdict of an Egyptian court, which convicted Australian journalist, Peter Greste and his Al Jazeera colleagues Mohammad Fahmy and Baher Mohamed in the retrial. The IFJ joins MEAA in expressing serious concern for press freedom in Egypt, which has come under attack in recent years.
On 29 August, Greste, Fahmy and Baher were sentenced to three years in prison for working without a press license, broadcasting material damaging to Egypt, and for having ties to the blacklisted Muslim brotherhood. Greste, who was deported from Egypt in…
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its Australian affiliate, the Media, Entertainment & Arts Alliance (MEAA) in denouncing the verdict of an Egyptian court, which convicted Australian journalist, Peter Greste and his Al Jazeera colleagues Mohammad Fahmy and Baher Mohamed in the retrial. The IFJ joins MEAA in expressing serious concern for press freedom in Egypt, which has come under attack in recent years.
On 29 August, Greste, Fahmy and Baher were sentenced to three years in prison for working without a press license, broadcasting material damaging to Egypt, and for having ties to the blacklisted Muslim brotherhood. Greste, who was deported from Egypt in…
The journalist, who worked for local newspaper Bagting sa Katilingban and President of the Davao del Norte Press and Radio-TV Club (DNPRC), was killed after being shot three times in the chest and once in the arm outside his house on 18 August. He was immediately rushed to hospital following the attack, but died in hospital on August 19.
In an interview following Ybanez’s murder, Boy Conejes, Vice President of the DNPRC, said Ybanez had received death threats in 2012.
The 48-year-old anchorman of Ratsada, a program in Radio Mindanao Network’s DXOC, was shot dead by unidentified assailants who opened fire on him 10 times, killing him instantly. Maestrado, who was known for his fearless comments on air, had survived an assassination attempt in November 2011.
The editor-in-chief of online newspaper Diário de Notícias, was gunned down in Maputocity as he was out exercising before starting his work. Unidentified armed men shot him four times – two in the head and two in the back- from a car in Vladimir Lenine Avenue, one of the city’s main artery, before driving away, the IFJ affiliated National Journalists’ Union said.
Media reported that Machava, an experienced and very well-known journalist in the country who had previously worked for Rádio Moçambique and Savana weekly paper, was leading a campaign supporting the economist Nuno Castel-Branco and journalists Fernando Veloso and Fernando Banze who are on trial. Mr. Castel-Branco…
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has today condemned the killing of Paulo Machava, a senior Mozambican journalist who was shot dead this morning in the capital Maputo by unknown gunmen.
According to local media, the editor-in-chief of online newspaper Diário de Notícias was gunned down in Maputo city center between 5:30 and 6am this morning as he was out exercising before starting his work. Unidentified armed men shot him four times – two in the head and two in the back- from a car in Vladimir Lenine Avenue, one of the city’s main arteries, before driving away, the IFJ affiliated National Journalists’ Union said.The motive remains unclear.
Media…
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) deplores the recent killing of a radio broadcaster in Ozamiz City in Misamis Occidental on the southern island of Mindanao in the Philippines. The IFJ expresses outrage over the deteriorating safety situation for media workers across the Philippines this year and calls on the government to take immediate action to end the culture of impunity and violence against the media community.
On August 27, the anchorman of Ratsada, a program in Radio Mindanao Network’s DXOC, Cosme Diez Maestrado, was shot dead. The 48-year-old was shot 10 times by unidentified assailants. Maestrado, who was known for his fearless comments on air had survived an…
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) welcomes the decision by the Indonesian Government to withdraw new regulations for foreign journalists and film crews that were introduced earlier this week. The IFJ welcomes the development that has seen a highly criticized move that would restrict media reporting quashed, which is a win for freedom of expression and people’s right to know.
According to reports, the Indonesian Home Minister, Tjahjo Kumolo, has apologized and withdrawn a regulation that was aimed as increasing government control over foreign journalists working in Indonesia. The regulation, which was only introduced on Tuesday August 25, contradicted President Joko…
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has today supported its US affiliate The NewsGuild-CWA in condemning the attitude of the Republican presidential candidate, Donald Trump, after he ordered the removal from his press conference of Univision’s top anchor Jorge Ramos for repeatedly trying to challenge him about his immigration policy last Tuesday in Iowa.
Media reported that the incident took place when Ramos, one of the country’s most recognisable Mexican-Americans and the senior news anchor at Univision TV - the biggest Spanish-speaking US media- was shouted down by Mr. Trump when he asked about the candidate’s plans of mass deportation of what he calls ‘illegal…
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliate the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) in expressing serious concerns over restrictive provisions of the newly introduced Code of Conduct for Electronic Media. The IFJ notes that the development of such guidelines should include wide consultation with the media community and guarantee freedom of speech.
On August 20, Pakistan’s Ministry of Information, Broadcasting and National Heritage issued the revised Code of Conduct for the Electronic Media through the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) following the Supreme Court’s order to issue the Code of Conduct for media to combat hate…
Two Italian journalists and support staff have received death threats for reporting on mafia boss Vittorio Casamonica’s funeral, held in Rome on 21 August.
Alessio Viscardi, an investigative reporter for the online newspaper Fanpage.it was threatened on 22 August by four people in Terzigno (40 km south of Naples), when he was looking for the airfield where the helicopter had taken off to throw rose petals on the funeral procession. The attackers took photographs of his documents and threatened to kill him.
The next day a TV crew from the public TV channel RAI 3, including journalist Alfonso Iuliano, a cameraman and a sound engineer, were shooting video in the Appio area,…
Two members of WDBJ7 TV crew, a CBS affiliated in the US state of Virginia, were shot dead by a gunman during a live report from a shopping centre. The gunman , suspected to be a former WDBJ7 TV employee, opened fire on 24-year-old journalist Alison Parker and cameraman Adam Ward in the middle of a live interview, killing both of them, reports said. The killings brought to 70 the total number of journalists and media staff killed so far since the start of the year, according to IFJ records.
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24-year-old Alison Parker and 26-year-old cameraman Adam Ward, both working for WDBJ7 US TV station affiliated to the CBS, were killed by a gunman as they were conducting a live interview in a shopping center in Moneta in the US Sate of Virginia.
According to reports, the shooter opened fire on the crew during a live reporting live from the Bridgewater Plaza, a lakeside shopping and recreational sports centre near Smith Mountain Lake in Moneta, Bedford County (Virginia). Eight shots were reportedly fire and footage from the camera as it spun and dropped after Ward got shot recorded screams and chaos as well as the image of the killer.
The International Federation of Journalists condemned today’s shooting attack in the US State of Virginia in which journalist Alison Parker and cameraman Adam Ward, both working for CBS affiliate WDBJ7 TV station, were killed by a gunman during a live interview from a shopping center.
“This is a shock horror murder of two media staff which will appall the world journalists’ community,” said IFJ President Jim Boumelha. “We look to the US authorities to leave no stone unturned in the hunt for the killer. Our hearts go out to the victims’ families, colleagues and to the US media community as a whole.”
The NewsGuild-CWA, IFJ's US affiliate, also repudiated this "senseless…
The International Federation of Journalists expresses concern regarding the recent directive issued to the media regarding reporting of the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II. The IFJ notes the growing number of directives issued to the media regarding reporting and calls on the government to end its heavy-handed approach against the media.
According to Ming Pao, a Hong Kong-based newspaper, on August 23 the State Internet Information Office issued a directive to all online media that they should only publish positive reports and images of the upcoming military parades between August 23 and September 5, which will mark the end of World War II and the War of Resistance against…
The 31-year-old independent journalist died of injuries he sustained when supporters of a local soccer player attacked him in retaliation for criticism posted on a Facebook page.
After the attack and while in the hospital on August 8, Rasim Aliyev gave an interview to Meydan TV. He said everything started when he criticized the football player Cavid Huseynov for his behavior after his Azerbaijani club team, Qabala FK, played the Cypriot club Apollon in Cyprus in a UEFA Europa League match on July 30. Journalist Aliyev wrote on his Facebook page that he did not want “someone this amoral, impertinent, and unable to control himself to represent me on European soccer fields.”…
In the framework of a regional project financed by Union to Union, the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has supported a workshop organised by its Dominican affiliate, Sindicato Nacional de Trabajadores de Prensa (SNTP).
The workshop, which was run in Dominican Republic from 14 to 16 of August, aimed at stregthening the journalists' union in negotiation processes.
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According to reports, police in Faidpur, Bareily of Uttar Pradesh arrested two people dragging the body of the 42-year-old journalist on Station Road in Faidpur in the early hours of Friday 14 August. The third suspect managed to escape from the scene. Initial investigations showed that Pathak was hit on the head several times with heavy object, reports added.
Pathak was last seen talking to friends near his house in the Baxaria area late on Thursday night.
The reporter for the New Nation newspaper was shot dead in an apparent attack, according to his colleagues quoted in media reports. Moi was killed after leaving work in Juba, the capital city of the youngest African nation. No money or telephone were taken from the victim, media reports added. Oliver Modi, President of the Union of Journalists in South Soudan described the incident as " an intentional killing."
The killing happened shortly after South Sudanese President Salva Kiir reportedly threatened to kill journalists who reported "against the country."
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The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliate the Hong Kong Journalists Association (HKJA) in calling for the immediate release of a dual Hong Kong-Canadian journalist arrested at Bangkok airport on Sunday, August 23. The IFJ has also written to the Thai Prime Minister, General Prayuth Chan-o-cha, urging him to withdraw the charges against the journalist.
Kwan ‘Anthony’ Hok-Chun, a photojournalist with Initium Media Technology, a new Hong Kong-based online media company, was arrested at Suvarnabhumi airport in Bangkok as he was about to board his flight to Hong Kong on Sunday. Anthony Kwan was arrested and charged under the Thai Arms Control Act for carrying an…
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliate, Sindicato de Periodistas de Paraguay (SPP), and its concern regarding the media concentration in the Latin American country, following the purchase of newspapers Hoy and Popular and radio sation Laser Stream by Grupo Cartes, owned by the current Paraguayan president's family.
Grupo Cartes also bought at the beginning of 2015 Grupo Nación de Comunicaciones.
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The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), the European Federation of Journalists (EFJ), Article 19 and the Association of European Journalists (AEJ) today reported to the Council of Europe Platform to promote the protection of journalism the new wave of censorship targeting certain media outlets’ websites in Turkey.
On 25 July 2015, the Ankara Gölbaşı Penal Court of Peace ruled to block 96 Kurdish websites in Turkey, many of which were news websites, after receiving a complaint from the Turkish Communications Authority that the websites were spreading terrorist propaganda.
Among the blocked news websites were ANF (Ajansa Nûçeyan a Firatê – Fırat News Agency), DİHA…
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its European organisation, the European Federation of Journalists (EFJ), together with ARTICLE 19 and AEJ (Association of European Journalists), have urged the Azerbaijani authorities to reject the Prosecutor’s request made today against the investigative journalist Khadija Ismaylova and to immediately free her.
Ismayilova’s trial began in capital Baku on 7th August and has been adjourned until Wednesday 26th August, when the verdict is likely to be delivered.
Following the request, the four media organisations have together submitted the text below to the Council of Europe (CoE):
“Khadija Ismayilova's hearing began in Baku on 7th…
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has condemned the killing of South Sudan journalist Peter Moi, working for The New Nation newspaper, who was shot dead on Wednesday 19 August after leaving work in the capital Juba.
According to media reports, money and his telephone were found on his body and there was no immediate response to the killing from the police or security forces.
This latest killing, the sixth South Sudan in 2015, follows the widely-condemned statement made a few days ago by president Salva Kiir which issued threats to kill journalists if they report “against the country.”
"We are appalled by this outrageous killing which is not surprising in view…
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliate the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP) in expressing concern following the murder of a journalist in Tagum City, in Davao del Norte on Mindanao Island, in the Philippines. The IFJ calls on the Philippine authorities to thoroughly investigate the killing and bring those responsible to justice.
On August 18, Gregorio Ybanez was shot three times in the chest and once in the arm out the front of his house by unidentified assailants. Ybanez was the president of the Davao del Norte Press and Radio-TV Club (DNPRC) and worked for local newspaper Bagting sa Katilingban, he was also a member on the Board of…
