by SAMSN Admin | Dec 21, 2020 | Attack, Media Rights Violations, Pakistan, Release
A group of assailants attacked two Abb Takk television journalists on December 18, allegedly in retaliation for stories exposing local mafia operations. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its Pakistan affiliate the Pakistan Federal Union of...
by SAMSN Admin | Dec 21, 2020 | Access to Information, Afghanistan, Release
President Ashraf Ghani of Afghanistan in a decree abolished the role of all spokespersons across the country. In the past, each province had a spokesperson to share information with the media. President Ghani now wants governors to share information and abolished the...
by SAMSN Admin | Dec 21, 2020 | Attack, Media Rights Violations, Pakistan, Release
A group of armed persons attacked Abtak News Bureau Chief Sakhar, interior Sindh, Imdad Pholphoto who along with his colleague Altaf Kalorr sustained serious head injuries and got arm fractured. PFUJ President GM Jamali and Secretary General Rana Muhammad Azeem, has...
by SAMSN Admin | Dec 18, 2020 | India, Release
I am delighted to share with you all that our beloved organisation National Union of Journalists (India) affiliated to the International Federation of Journalists, (IFJ) is going to enter into its Golden Jubilee year. It’s a proud moment for all of us. We are...
by SAMSN Admin | Dec 17, 2020 | Alert, India, Killing, Media Rights Violations
S V Pradeep, a Thiruvananthapuram based broadcast journalist, was killed in a hit-and–run road accident in suspicious circumstances on December 14. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) calls for a thorough investigation into his death. According to police...
by SAMSN Admin | Dec 14, 2020 | Attack, India, Media Rights Violations, Release
Police manhandled three Kashmiri journalists as they covered election polling in South Kashmir on December 10. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its Indian affiliates the Indian Journalists Union (IJU) and the National Union of Journalists India...
