by SAMSN Admin | Oct 28, 2016 | India, Release, Trade Union Rights
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliate the National Union of Journalists (India) in welcoming the historic ruling by the Supreme Court of India that the principle of equal pay for equal work applies for every employee regardless of the...
by SAMSN Admin | Oct 28, 2016 | Freedom of Expression, Maldives, SAMSN Blog
The new Anti-defamation Act in the Maldives serves to silence the media community which can face huge fines and imprisonment if found guilty of defamation. “… but after the law, I am not sure,” a blogger from the Maldives told me answering my questions about how long...
by SAMSN Admin | Oct 27, 2016 | Gender, India, Release, Trade Union Rights
The National Union of Journalists (India), NUJ (I), hails the Hon’ble SC verdict on equal pay for equal work as a historic one. The court has unequivocally rejected arguments of employers for lower pay to contract, temporary workers and slammed the claim that...
by SAMSN Admin | Oct 25, 2016 | Gender, Harassment, Media Rights Violations, Pakistan, Release
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliate the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) in welcoming the recent decision by the Federal Ombudsperson Against Harassment of Women in the Workplace to prosecute the director of the state-run...
by SAMSN Admin | Oct 24, 2016 | Freedom of Expression, Nepal, Release
नेपाल पत्रकार महासंघ र अमेरिकामा क्रियाशील संस्था मदरल्याण्ड नेपालबीच पत्रकारिताको व्यावसायिक विकासमा टेवा पु¥याउने उद्देश्यले १०,००,००० (दश लाख रुपैयाँ) बराबरको अक्षयकोष खडा गर्न समझदारीपत्रमा हस्ताक्षर भएको छ। नेपाल पत्रकार महासंघ केन्द्रीय कार्यालयमा आज सोमबार...
by SAMSN Admin | Oct 24, 2016 | Media Rights Violations, Nepal, Release, Threat
अख्तियार दुरुपयोग अनुसन्धान आयोगका निलम्बित प्रमुख आयुक्त लोकमानसिंह कार्कीको विषयमा समाचार लेखेकै आधारमा राजधानी दैनिकका सम्पादक राजन शर्मा, समाचार सम्पादक गणेश वस्नेत र वरिष्ठ समाचारदाता टपेन्द्र कार्कीलाई अज्ञात फोनबाट धम्की दिइएको समाचारप्रति नेपाल पत्रकार...
