by SAMSN Admin | Nov 8, 2016 | Harassment, India, Media Rights Violations, SAMSN Blog
Malini Subramaniam, freelance contributor for online news website Scroll.in, was based in Bastar, Chhattisgarh. She reported on human rights violations perpetrated by the police, security forces and vigilante groups and brought to the fore incidents of sexual violence...
by SAMSN Admin | Nov 7, 2016 | Censorship, India, Media Regulations, Media Rights Violations, Release
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliate the Indian Journalists Union (IJU) in condemning the Indian government’s decision to ban Hindi news channel NDTV India and News Time Assam for a day on November 9. The IFJ demands the decision be...
by SAMSN Admin | Nov 7, 2016 | News
Wali Khan Babar, 28, a journalist with Geo New TV, was shot dead in the Liaquatabad area of Karachi on January 13, 2011. When he was driving home from work, Babar’s car was intercepted by armed gunmen who pumped about five bullets into his head and neck. Eye witnesses...
by SAMSN Admin | Nov 7, 2016 | Impunity, Nepal
Dekendra Raj Thapa was a fearless journalist working for state-run Radio Nepal in Dailekh district in western Nepal. During the height of the armed conflict between the Maoist rebels and the monarchy, on June 23, 2004, he was abducted by the Maoists from Channa Bazar....
by SAMSN Admin | Nov 4, 2016 | India, Media Regulations, Media Rights Violations, Release
The Indian Journalists Union (IJU), the premier and most representative organisation of working journalists in the country, strongly condemned the decision of the Union Ministry of Information and Broadcasting to ‘ban’ NDTV India for one day on 9 November. The...
