by IFJ Asia Pacific | Apr 1, 2015 | India, SAMSN Blog
Tripura as we know this tiny land today is the third smallest (only 10,491 sq. Km with almost 37 lakhs people) state after Goa and Sikkim and situated in the north-eastern part of the country. Tripura plated a major role in the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation war and it...
by IFJ Asia Pacific | Mar 26, 2015 | India, SAMSN Blog
The decision of India’s Supreme Court to uphold free speech and strike down draconian provisions of the amended Information Technology Act, 2000 is a victory for a concerted campaign by a cross-section of Internet users, civil liberties activists, internet...
by IFJ Asia Pacific | Mar 25, 2015 | Nepal, SAMSN Blog
Devi Gurung was just 14 years old when she got married. Rolpa is a district known for being among the lowest placed on the Human Development Index and when her family decided she should get married in the seventh grade, this was not considered unusual. Like marriage,...
by IFJ Asia Pacific | Mar 18, 2015 | SAMSN Blog, Sri Lanka
For senior photojournalist and trainer, Dushiyanthini Kanagasabapathipillai, the proverbial glass ceiling was visible from the day she commenced her journalistic career on May 1, 1993. Twenty years on, much to her regret, the only improvement she finds in the Tamil...
by IFJ Asia Pacific | Mar 4, 2015 | Pakistan, SAMSN Blog
Pakistan is one of the most brutal fronts in the world for journalists, says Rana Azeem. As a union leader in a country ranked as one of the most dangerous in the world for journalists, what do you think is the reason for the hatred against the media? It is not only...
