by SAMSN Admin | Nov 2, 2019 | Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Countries, Impunity, India, Killing, Maldives, Media Rights Violations, Nepal, Pakistan, Release, South Asia, Sri Lanka
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) says 12 journalist deaths this year in South Asia are yet to have the murderers identified, let alone punished, pointing to an abject failure by governments to deal with a crisis of impunity in the region. The IFJ and...
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)...
by SAMSN Admin | Oct 17, 2019 | Access to Information, India, Internet Freedom, Media Regulations, Release
New Delhi, 16 October: In the case related to press freedom being curtailed in Jammu & Kashmir, the Supreme Court has directed the Government to produce the orders under which it imposed complete clampdown on communications there. The three-member bench was...
by SAMSN Admin | Oct 9, 2019 | Censorship, Economic pressure, Freedom of Expression, India, Labour rights, Trade Union Rights
On World Day for Decent Work, the Indian Journalists Union expressed grave concern over the rising layoffs in the media sector, which the owners and managements justify as an offshoot of the economic slowdown. The trend is across the board in print, television and...
