by SAMSN Admin | Mar 4, 2016 | Media Rights Violations, SAMSN Blog, South Asia
On February 5, 2016, UNESCO, the IFJ and the WAN-IFRA organized a conference ‘News Organisations Standing Up for the Safety of Media Professionals’ at its headquarters with an aim of strengthening the safety of journalists globally by working out possible...
by SAMSN Admin | Mar 3, 2016 | India, Labour rights, Release
The Indian Journalists Union (IJU) strongly protested against taxing 60 percent of the accumulated amount in the Employees Provident Fund at the time of withdrawal from 1 April 20016 terming it as retrograde and anti-employee measure. Presently the withdrawal of...
by SAMSN Admin | Mar 2, 2016 | Harassment, India, Media Rights Violations, Release
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliate the Indian Union of Journalists (IJU) in strongly condemning the continued harassment of a news anchor of Malayalam TV channel in Thiruvananthapuram of Kerala, India. The IFJ reiterates its calls on...
by SAMSN Admin | Mar 1, 2016 | Freedom of Expression, Impunity, India, Release
A high level delegation of National Union of Journalists (India) called on President of India Shri Pranab Mukherjee and demanded enactment of a Journalists Protection Law and constitution of Media Commission and Media Council. The delegation, led by NUJ(I) president...
by SAMSN Admin | Mar 1, 2016 | Freedom of Expression, India, Release
नेशनल यूनियन ऑफ जर्नलिस्ट्स (इंडिया) ने राष्ट्रपति श्री प्रणब मुखर्जी को पत्रकार सुरक्षा कानून बनाने, मीडिया कमीशन व मीडिया काउंसिल के गठन और पत्रकारों की अन्य समस्याओं को लेकर एक ज्ञापन सौंपा। एनयूजे के अध्यक्ष रास बिहारी की अगुवाई में आठ सदस्यीय प्रतिनिधिमंडल ने...
