by SAMSN Admin | Nov 12, 2016 | India, Killing, Media Rights Violations, Release
Condemning horrific murder of Journalist Dharmendra Singh, Sasaram, Bihar, National Union of Journalists (India) demanded immediate judicial probe of the incident. “It is high time that the Government should come forward with Journalist Protection Act and family...
by SAMSN Admin | Nov 8, 2016 | Harassment, India, Media Rights Violations, SAMSN Blog
Malini Subramaniam, freelance contributor for online news website Scroll.in, was based in Bastar, Chhattisgarh. She reported on human rights violations perpetrated by the police, security forces and vigilante groups and brought to the fore incidents of sexual violence...
by SAMSN Admin | Nov 7, 2016 | Censorship, India, Media Regulations, Media Rights Violations, Release
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliate the Indian Journalists Union (IJU) in condemning the Indian government’s decision to ban Hindi news channel NDTV India and News Time Assam for a day on November 9. The IFJ demands the decision be...
by SAMSN Admin | Nov 4, 2016 | India, Media Regulations, Media Rights Violations, Release
The Indian Journalists Union (IJU), the premier and most representative organisation of working journalists in the country, strongly condemned the decision of the Union Ministry of Information and Broadcasting to ‘ban’ NDTV India for one day on 9 November. The...
by SAMSN Admin | Nov 2, 2016 | Impunity, India, Release
Thousands of journalists across the country on Wednesday observed ‘International Day against Impunity on crimes against Journalists’ by observing two minutes silence to commemorate the memory of the journalists killed on the line of duty following the call given by...
by SAMSN Admin | Nov 2, 2016 | Impunity, India, Pakistan, Release
The South Asia Media Solidarity Network (SAMSN), together with the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), today issued a stern call to governments in the region to make greater efforts to address toxic levels of impunity that continue to blight journalism and...
