South Asia Media Solidarity Bulletin: June, 2015
Welcome to the monthly e-bulletin of the South Asia Media Solidarity Network (SAMSN). The next bulletin will be sent on July 15, 2015, and your inputs are most welcome. We encourage contributions to let others know what you are doing; to seek solidarity and support...
The Freedom Frontier: South Asia Press Freedom Report 2014-15 launched
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and the South Asia Media Solidarity Network (SAMSN) today released The Freedom Frontier: Press Freedom in South Asia 2014-15. The 13th annual report on press freedom in the region explores the frontlines shaping and...
South Asia Media Solidarity Network Bulletin: April, 2015
Welcome to the monthly e-bulletin of the South Asia Media Solidarity Network(SAMSN). The next bulletin will be sent on May 15, 2015, and contributions are most welcome. Let others know what you are doing or seek solidarity and support from other SAMSN members on your...
Journalists & Media Staff Killed in 2014
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has today published its full report on journalists and media staff killed last year in targeted killings, cross fire incidents as well as work-related accidents. The 24th IFJ annual report calls for a united front to...
South Asia Media Solidarity Bulletin: February 2015
Welcome to the monthly e-bulletin of the South Asia Media Solidarity Network(SAMSN). The next bulletin will be sent on March 16, 2015, and your inputs are most welcome. We encourage contributions to let others know what you are doing; to seek solidarity and support...
Afghanistan’s women journalists on the frontline
There’s an issue with Afghanistan’s newsrooms when it comes to women journalists’ safety. Men must be part of the solution, writes Dilrukshi Handunnetti “You want to discuss journalists’ security? Then we should have security forces personnel attending gender safety...
Afghan suspect arrested in Swedish journalist’s murder
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliate the Afghan Independent Journalists Association (AIJA) welcome the arrest of a suspect in the murder of British-Swedish radio journalist Nils Horner in Afghanistan in 2014. On January 30, the Afghan...
Afghan journalist gunned down at wedding
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) strongly condemns the killing of a radio journalist in Afghanistan on Friday, January 16. According to reports, Aqil Mohammad Waqar, a 20-year-old journalist working with the Speenghar Radio in Nangarhar province,...
South Asia Media Solidarity Bulletin: January, 2015
Welcome to the monthly e-bulletin of the South Asia Media Solidarity Network(SAMSN). The next bulletin will be sent on February 16, 2015, and your inputs are most welcome. We encourage contributions to let others know what you are doing; to seek solidarity and support...
#JeSuisCharlie: Asia-Pacific media unions unite in condemning brutal attack in France
Media unions and press freedom groups from across the Asia-Pacific today joined the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) in a regional show of solidarity and joint condemnation of the horrific attack that took the lives of 10 media workers in France this...
OTHER NEWS
Radio journalist faces intimidation in Afghanistan
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliate the Afghan Independent Journalists Association (AIJA) in condemning the intimidation of a radio journalist by the government officials in Farah province, western Afghanistan. The IFJ demands that...
Journalism has an increasingly murderous price in Asia Pacific
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) today launched the IFJ list of journalists and media staff killed in 2016, documenting the deaths of colleagues killed in the line of duty. In the Asia-Pacific region, 28 journalists were brutally murdered in 2016, an...
Radio journalist beaten by Afghan politician’s bodyguards
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliate the Afghan Independent Journalists Association (AIJA) in strongly condemning the attack on a radio journalist in Nangarhar province, eastern Afghanistan on January 26. The IFJ demands immediate...
Deadly year in Afghanistan continues: thirteenth journalist killed
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliate, the Afghan Independent Journalists’ Association (AIJA), in condemning the killing of a senior journalist in Afghanistan. The IFJ and AIJA jointly demand immediate and transparent investigations...
पत्रकार विद्यार्थी गिरीको निधन
वीरगंजमा क्रियाशिल पत्रकार विद्यार्थी गिरीको सवारी दुर्घटनामा परी निधन भएको दुखद् खवरले नेपाल पत्रकार महासंघ स्तब्ध भएकोे छ । ५५ वर्षीय गिरीको मंसिर ७ गते काठमाडौंबाट वीरगञ्ज जानेक्रममा ना. १ .ज ११८० नम्बरको टाटा सुमो मकवानपुरको सिस्नेरीस्थित भिमफेदीम दुर्घटना हुँदा...
Police attack radio journalist during live program in Afghanistan
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins the Afghan Independent Journalists Association (AIJA) in condemning the attack on a radio journalist by police inside a radio station in Firozkoh, central Afghanistan. The IFJ demands immediate action against the...
Journalist killed in explosion in Afghanistan
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliate the Afghan Independent Journalists Association (AIJA) in condemning the killing of a journalist in an explosion in Helmand province, in southern Afghanistan on Friday, November 4. The IFJ demands...