by SAMSN Admin | Nov 25, 2015 | Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Countries, Gender, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, SAMSN Blog, South Asia, Sri Lanka
Today marks, International Day to End Violence Against Women and Girls. Globally, Violence against women and girls remains one of the most serious – and the most tolerated – human rights violations. Female journalists often face threats and violence for simply doing...
by SAMSN Admin | Nov 2, 2015 | Impunity, Release, South Asia
Today, the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) Asia-Pacific, in coordination with its affiliates launches the three-week End Impunity Campaign for attacks against media workers. In the Asia-Pacific in 2014, 39 journalists lost their lives in the line of duty...
by SAMSN Admin | Oct 29, 2015 | Impunity, Release, South Asia
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has today launched its annual global campaign to hold world governments and de facto authorities accountable for impunity records for crimes targeting journalists. The campaign will run from 2 November, the UN Day...
by SAMSN Admin | May 29, 2015 | Human Rights, Release, South Asia
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has today welcomed the Resolution 2222 (2015) on the protection of journalists in armed conflicts, unanimously adopted by the United Nations (UN) Security Council yesterday during its 74509th meeting in New York. The...
by SAMSN Admin | Jan 14, 2015 | Freedom of Expression, Release, Reports, South Asia
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) heartily congratulates newly elected Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena. The IFJ calls on President Sirisena to ensure he delivers on the short-term proposal on re-establishing freedom of expression rights in...
by SAMSN Admin | Jan 9, 2015 | Afghanistan, Bhutan, Freedom of Expression, India, Nepal, Release, South Asia, Sri Lanka
Media unions and press freedom groups from across the Asia-Pacific today joined the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) in a regional show of solidarity and joint condemnation of the horrific attack that took the lives of 10 media workers in France this...
