by SAMSN Admin | May 9, 2017 | Attack, India, Media Rights Violations, Release
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins the Indian Journalists Union (IJU) in strongly condemning the police attack on journalists at Sopore in Jammu and Kashmir on Friday, May 5. The IFJ demands immediate action against policemen involved in the...
by SAMSN Admin | May 6, 2017 | Attack, India, Media Rights Violations, Release
The Indian Journalists Union strongly condemned the police attack on the journalists at Sopore in Jammu and Kashmir on Friday. The police ruthlessly have beaten up journalists while they were covering protests after the Friday prayers in the town. The Station House...
by SAMSN Admin | May 3, 2017 | Access to Information, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Censorship, Freedom of Expression, Gender, Human Rights, Impunity, India, Internet Freedom, Labour rights, Maldives, Media Ownership, Media Rights Violations, Nepal, News, Pakistan, Release, Reports, Reports and Publications, Right to Information, South Asia, Sri Lanka, Trade Union Rights
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and the South Asia Media Solidarity Network (SAMSN) marked World Press Freedom Day 2017 today by releasing “New Fronts, Brave Voices: Press Freedom in South Asia 2016-17”. The 15th edition of the annual report...
by SAMSN Admin | Apr 27, 2017 | India, Internet Freedom, Release
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) expresses serious concerns over the one-month ban on access to 22 social media websites and messaging apps in Jammu and Kashmir, India declared on April 26, 2017. The IFJ demands that the ban order to be immediately...
by SAMSN Admin | Apr 19, 2017 | India, Labour rights, Release
The Indian Journalists Union (IJU), the premier and most representative organization of working journalists in the country, welcomed the statement ofUnion Minister for Labour Bandaru Dattatreya that the electronic media journalists would be brought under the ambit of...
by SAMSN Admin | Apr 18, 2017 | India, Labour rights, Release
The National Union of Journalists (India), the premier national body of working journalists, welcomed the Union Labour Minister Bandaru Dattatreya’s statement on amending the Working Journalists Act, 1955. The Labour Minister said in Kochi today that the Union...
