by SAMSN Admin | Sep 7, 2020 | Killing, Media Rights Violations, Pakistan, Release
Journalist Shaheena Shaheen was shot dead in her home on September 5 in Turbat, Kech in a suspected domestic violence offence. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) along with its Pakistan affiliate, the Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) express their...
by SAMSN Admin | Sep 3, 2020 | Media Rights Violations, Online Harassment, Pakistan, Release
Journalists Ahmad Noorani and Gul Bukhari have received death threats for publishing a news report that is accused of being ‘fake’. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) condemns the threats and urges the Pakistan authorities to investigate the case....
by SAMSN Admin | Sep 1, 2020 | Afghanistan, Attack, Media Rights Violations, Release
Journalists Mohammed Bashir Ansari, Abdul Aziz Karimi and cameraperson Najib Faryad were injured in a road-side bomb explosion at Chahar Bulook district of Balkh province in Afghanistan on August 28. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its Afghan...
by SAMSN Admin | Aug 31, 2020 | Nepal, Release
विश्वभर महामारीको रुपमा फैलिएको कोरोना भाइरस (कोभिड–१९) को संक्रमण नेपालमा दिनप्रतिदिन तीब्ररुपले बढिरहेको छ । पछिल्लो समय संक्रमणको दर वृद्धि भएसंगै यो महामारीबाट नेपाली सञ्चार क्षेत्र पनि नराम्ररी प्रभावित हुन पुगेको छ । नेपाल पत्रकार महासंघमा अभिलेख भएअनुसार उच्च...
by SAMSN Admin | Aug 28, 2020 | Media Regulations, Media Rights Violations, Pakistan, Release
Pakistan’s senate standing committee on information and broadcasting passed amendments on August 26 to the Press Council of Pakistan Bill (2020) and the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority ‘ordinance’. The amendments opens up the chairperson role of the...