by SAMSN Admin | Nov 14, 2014 | Gender, Maldives, Release
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has called for a prompt and thorough investigation into an alleged assault in the Maldives following the arrest of a newspaper editor. Adam Haleem, editor of Vnews online, was caught on CCTV entering a stair hall on...
by SAMSN Admin | Nov 7, 2014 | Workshop
Media Rights Monitoring and Advocacy workshop was held in New Delhi on November 6 and 7. The workshop was part of the UNDEF South Asia project and supported by the Delhi Union of Journalists with representatives from the All Indian Newspaper Employees Federation, the...
by SAMSN Admin | Nov 7, 2014 | Afghanistan, Impunity, News
Seven media workers have lost their lives in Afghanistan this year – many as a result in a spike of violence leading up to the April election. In 2014, it is one of the world’s most dangerous places for media workers. On January 23, the body of Noor Ahmad Noori, a...
by SAMSN Admin | Nov 6, 2014 | News, Workshop
Media Rights Monitoring and Advocacy workshop was held in Kabul, Afghanistan on November 5 and 6 as part of the UNDEF South Asia project. The workshop was supported by the Afghan Independent Journalists Association. The workshop was attended by male and female...
by SAMSN Admin | Nov 6, 2014 | Impunity, Maldives, Missing, SAMSN Blog
This week marks 3 months since 28-year-old Maldivian journalist Ahmed Rilwan Abdulla (@moyameehaa) was reported missing to police, after being last seen in the early morning of Friday 8 August. Rilwan, employed by Minivan News, had been working on a number of...
