by SAMSN Admin | May 5, 2021 | Reaching Out, Release, South Asia
As the second wave of the Covid pandemic surges across the South Asia region, journalists remain in the thick of a storm that has surrounded their working lives every day for the past year. In this climate, the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and the...
by SAMSN Admin | May 4, 2021 | Freedom of Expression, India, Reaching Out, Release
On World Press Freedom Day today, the Indian Journalists Union drew the Union government’s urgent attention to the grim fact that over hundred journalists have lost their lives this past year, 45 alone in the second wave of the pandemic across the country. In a...
by SAMSN Admin | May 4, 2021 | Freedom of Expression, Pakistan, Release
Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists and its affiliated regional unions observed World Press Freedom Day on May 3 and held seminars, protests, walks, discussions and candle vigils countywide. The Union leaders said that they would continue their struggle for freedom...
by SAMSN Admin | May 3, 2021 | Reaching Out, Release, South Asia
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) on behalf of the South Asia Media Solidarity Network (SAMSN) will launch the 19th annual South Asia Press Freedom Report entitled “Truth In a Time of Contagion: The Viral Frontline” at 12:30 pm (New Delhi...
by SAMSN Admin | Apr 23, 2021 | Access to Information, Arrest / Detainment, Bangladesh, Censorship, Harassment, Human Rights, Media Rights Violations, Release
Abu Tayyab, a senior television journalist, was arrested by police on April 20 under the controversial Digital Security Act (DSA) for writing social media posts about alleged corruption by Khulna City Corporation (KCC) mayor, Talukder Abdul Khaleque. The International...
