by SAMSN Admin | Nov 1, 2019 | Freedom of Expression, Media Regulations, Media Rights Violations, Pakistan, Release
Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA), the electronic media watchdog in Pakistan barred the television anchors from giving opinion during the talk shows. International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliate the Pakistan Federal Union of...
by SAMSN Admin | Oct 31, 2019 | Attack, Media Rights Violations, Pakistan, Release
Several journalists were injured after police attacked a press club in Muzaffarabad in Pakistan Administered Kashmir on October 22. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliate Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) criticize police...
by SAMSN Admin | Oct 18, 2019 | Access to Information, Censorship, Freedom of Expression, India, Media Rights Violations, Release
The Andhra Pradesh government submitted a proposal to allow department secretaries to sue media organisations for “fake news”. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliate the Indian Journalists Union (IJU) finds the submission a strategic...
by SAMSN Admin | Oct 17, 2019 | Human Rights, Impunity, India, Killing, Media Rights Violations, Release
New Delhi, October 17, 2019: The Indian Journalists Union (IJU) expressed grave concern over the brutal murder of K Satyanarayana, Correspondent of Telugu daily, Andhra Jyothi at Thondangi Mandal in East Godavari district on Tuesday night, after he was returning home...
by SAMSN Admin | Oct 17, 2019 | Human Rights, Impunity, India, Killing, Media Rights Violations, Release
Unidentified assailants stabbed and killed Andrah Pradesh journalist K Satyanarayana on October 14 – just a month after his attack in a separate incident. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliates the National Union of Journalists (India)...