by SAMSN Admin | Jul 24, 2014 | SAMSN Blog
The horrible morning of Sunday, November 22, 2013, the Christian community of Peshawar was targeted by two consecutive suicide blasts at the All Saints Church Kohati, Peshawar. I arrived there within 10 minutes of the incident. The scene in the church was very...
by SAMSN Admin | Jul 19, 2014 | Meeting
Journalists, human rights activists and union leaders representing press freedom organisations and journalists unions across the South Asian region met at Kathmandu from July 18 to 20, 2014 for the 13th annual meeting of the South Asia Media Solidarity Network...
by SAMSN Admin | Jul 18, 2014 | Bangladesh, Countries, Reaching Out, Release
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and the Bangladesh Manobodhikar Sambadik Forum (BMSF) condemn the assault of eight journalists during a football match in Dhaka on Monday night, July 14. According to reports, the journalists were allegedly assaulted...
by SAMSN Admin | Jul 17, 2014 | Afghanistan, Countries, Reaching Out, Release
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliate Afghanistan Independent Journalists Association (AIJA) have called for a thorough investigation into the shooting murder of radio journalist Khalid Agah Yaqubi this week. He is the fourth journalist...
by SAMSN Admin | Jul 17, 2014 | Meeting
The IFJ and the SAMSN hosted the second South Asia Gender Networking Conference in Kathmandu, Nepal, on July 17. The one-day meeting was aimed at moving forward from identifying the issues to bringing “action” for women in media in South Asia. The meeting formulated a...
