The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has criticised moves from Bangladesh authorities to censor sections of the May edition of Himal Southasian, a monthly political magazine.
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The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) is outraged by news of a four-hour long siege on Aaj TV?s Karachi offices on May 12, which saw a number of journalists injured in the assault.
According to IFJ affiliate, the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ), photographer Anwar Abbas received serious head injuries, two other camera persons were injured and had their cameras snatched at gunpoint by the attackers, and a reporter and camera person from the station were taken hostage as they were trapped in the crossfire.
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TOKYO, JAPAN – Critical reform measures need to be taken soon before the impact of ageing populations takes its toll in developing countries in Asia, the Asian Development Bank Institute?s Dean, Masahiro Kawai, said during a recent seminar on ageing in Asia.
?For far too long we have tended to focus on high-income economies in the region like Japan, and the newly-industrialized economies — Republic of Korea; Hong Kong, China; Taipei,China; and Singapore — that are far advanced in the ageing curve,? said Mr. Kawai. ?But many of the middle-income developing countries and a few low-income developing countries in the region are on the same demographic path.?
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