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The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliate the Maldives Journalists Association (MJA) strongly condemns death threats issued to 15 journalists on August 2 directly attributed to their journalistic activities. According to the MJA, 15 journalists received murder threats via text message, warning them against reporting on gangs in the wake of street violence, which has seen...

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has queried the aim of the Chinese authority to restrain peopale’s rights to use instant messaging services (IMS) to disseminate news. The State Internet Information Office of China passed a new set of rules on August 7 requiring all IMS users to provide their real name to register an account and sign agreements with service providers to abide â...

At least two journalists and three media workers affiliated with the privately owned Albarqa TV station were abducted at a checkpoint in the eastern Libyan city of Tobruk on Monday, according to the station and news reports. The reports said the five were taken by a militant group affiliated with Islamists after the crew covered the inauguration of Libya's newly elected parliament. Conflict...

In a rare move by the British Virgin Islands (BVI) Governor to withhold assent, the House of Assembly opted to revisit and amend the Computer Misuse and Cybercrime Act last week to include a public-interest exemption. After months of campaigning against specific sections of the former bill, the International Press Institute (IPI) welcomed BVI legislators’ recognition to include a public interest...

Freelance journalist Abraham Agoth has been in hiding in South Sudan since late July. Agoth told the Committee to Protect Journalists that he fled his home in the northern state of Bahr el Ghazal on July 28, fearing arrest. Agoth told CPJ he believes the state's caretaker governor, Kuel Aguer Kuel, was unhappy with his coverage of state security issues for several media outlets, including the US...

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliate Afghanistan Independent Journalist Association (AIJA) condemn the attack on journalist Azizullah Hamdard on the night of August 2 in capital Kabul. According to reports, two unidentified men fired shots from a pistol at Hamdard, a reporter with Pajhwok News agency, and fled away leaving him with injuries in his left arm. He was...

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins the Bangladesh Manobadhikar Sangbadik Forum (BMSF) in condemning the attack on journalist Nasrul Anwar on August 2. Anwar, a staff reporter for the Bangla-language daily Kaler Kantho, was attacked by an unidentified person at his home in Bazitpur, in the Kishoregunj district of Dhaka. According to his family members, the man entered the...

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliate, the Afghanistan Independent Journalist Association (AIJA) in expressing concern over a series of recent threats and intimidations issued at journalists and called on the Afghanistan government to do more to ensure media workers are safe to conduct their duties. On August 2, the head of police in Nangrahar province of Eastern...

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has joined its affiliate, the Palestinian Journalists Syndicate (PJS), to express its outrage and condemnation at the 13 media workers who have to date been killed in the Gaza region. At noon today the PJS held a protest rally outside the United Nations Offices in the Palestinian city of Ramallah to show solidarity with journalists, express their...

There has been a recent series of attacks on privately owned Alassema TV in Libya, including the abduction on Friday of three journalists who are still missing. Alassema TV is known for its criticism of Islamist political groups in Libya, particularly the Muslim Brotherhood. The attacks come as conflict escalates between various militias, some of which are affiliated with al-Qaeda and some the...