International Federation of Journalists (IFJ)

Following the murder, Ansar-Al-Islam, the Bangladeshi chapter of al-Qaeda, claimed responsibility for the killing of Niloy Neel, terming the blogger an enemy of the god.

Eighteen journalists working for nine different newspapers face charges of “making propaganda for a terrorist organisation” after publishing a picture from an hostage siege that took place on 31 March 2015.

The undersigned organizations denounce the continued attacks on and threats to journalists, media workers and human rights defenders, most recently the incidents in which human rights defender Pierre Claver Mbonimpa survived an attempt on his life, while journalist Esdras Ndikumana was the victim of a brutal attack by police and intelligence officials.

Syrian pro-government journalist Thaer al-Ajlani was killed in 27 July 2015 while covering fighting between the Syrian army and rebels in Jobar, east of the capital Damascus.

The IFJ joins the Nepal International Partnership Mission in outlining a number of key recommendations to the draft constitution to ensure the promotion and support of freedom of expression, media freedom and the right to information in Nepal.

Photojournalist Jala al-Abadi, father of two, is the third journalist to be killed in Iraq this year following the deaths of Iraqi photographer Adnan Abdul Razzaq and reporter Ali Ansari.

The European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) and the Association of Journalists of Macedonia (AJM) strongly condemn the attack on journalist Sashe Ivanovski by the Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs, Mr Vladimir Peshevski, on 15 July.

The IFJ and AJI express concern for the impact criminal defamation charges have against freedom of expression and call on the Indonesia government to ensure such charges do not become a tool to silence critics.

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.

The European Parliament is likely to adopt an initiative report that could potentially hamper the right of press photographers to take photographs in public spaces.

According to the IFJ, if the law is enacted and implemented in its current form, it would further suppress the media, access to information and press freedom.

The sudden and mysterious death of journalist Akshay Singh, while investigating one of the biggest recruitment scams in India over the past decade, has been deemed suspicious as it cannot be isolated from other deaths connected to the scam.

The motive of the attack on journalist Prasanta Kumar is not clear although police suspect that an Assam terrorist outfit is behind it as he was actively writing against the extortion drive and the ongoing anti-terrorist operations.

Women are challenging traditional notions of journalism and what it means to work in the media industry, carving their own path to ensure their voices are heard and their stories are told.

“Lukasz Masiak was one of the most recognised journalists in the region. Often he undertook and wrote about difficult and controversial topics. He wrote boldly and honestly, for which he was highly regarded in the journalistic community.”

Journalist Sandeep Kothari had reported extensively on illegal mining in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh and had filed a case against an illegal mining gang.