by SAMSN Admin | Feb 4, 2016 | Freedom of Expression, Killing, Media Rights Violations, Release, South Asia
The International Federation of Journalists today published its 25th report on journalists and media staff killed since 1990. The report lists 2297 media fatalities due to violence in journalism, including 112 killed in 2015 alone. From double digits at the start of...
by SAMSN Admin | Feb 3, 2016 | Killing, Media Rights Violations, Pakistan, SAMSN Blog
Senior Tribal journalist and former president of Tribal Union of Journalists Zaman Mehsud was shot and killed a day after Pakistani journalists observed International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists in November, 2015. [Since Mehsud’s murder,...
by SAMSN Admin | Feb 1, 2016 | Afghanistan, Killing, Media Rights Violations, Release
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliate the Afghanistan Independent Journalists Association (AIJA) in condemning the murder of a senior broadcast journalist in eastern Nangarhar province, Afghanistan, on January 29. The IFJ urges the...
by SAMSN Admin | Feb 1, 2016 | Attack, Media Rights Violations, Nepal, Release
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliate the Federation of Nepali Journalists (FNJ) in condemning an attack on a radio station in southern Nepal on January 29. The IFJ and FNJ call for an immediate investigation into the attack. A gang of...
by SAMSN Admin | Jan 31, 2016 | Attack, Media Rights Violations, Nepal, Release
सर्लाही सदरमुकाम मलंगवास्थित रेडियो मधेसमा बिहिबार राती करिब १५ जनाको भिडले तोडफोड गरेको घटनाप्रति नेपाल पत्रकार महासंघको गम्भीर ध्यानाकर्षण भएको छ । महासंघ सर्लाही शाखाका अनुसार उक्त दिन साँझ ६ः०० बजेतिर १५/१६ जनाको समुहमा रहेका युवाले मुल गेड तोडेर भित्र पसी...
by SAMSN Admin | Jan 28, 2016 | Attack, Media Rights Violations, Nepal, Release
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliates, the Federation of Nepali Journalists (FNJ) and the Nepal Press Union (NPU), in condemning the attack on a journalist in Kathmandu on January 24. The IFJ demands an immediate investigation into the...
