by SAMSN Admin | Mar 1, 2015 | Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, News, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has today published its full report on journalists and media staff killed last year in targeted killings, cross fire incidents as well as work-related accidents. The 24th IFJ annual report calls for a united front to...
by SAMSN Admin | Feb 20, 2015 | Maldives, Media Rights Violations, Release, Threat
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and the Maldives Journalist Association (MJA) strongly criticize the death threats made to a senior journalist with Raajje TV of the Maldives. The IFJ and MJA said threats and intimidation against journalists are...
by SAMSN Admin | Feb 19, 2015 | Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bulletin, Freedom of Expression, Impunity, India, Internet Freedom, Media Rights Violations, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
Welcome to the monthly e-bulletin of the South Asia Media Solidarity Network(SAMSN). The next bulletin will be sent on March 16, 2015, and your inputs are most welcome. We encourage contributions to let others know what you are doing; to seek solidarity and support...
by IFJ Asia Pacific | Feb 18, 2015 | Afghanistan, Gender, Issues, News, SAMSN Blog
There’s an issue with Afghanistan’s newsrooms when it comes to women journalists’ safety. Men must be part of the solution, writes Dilrukshi Handunnetti “You want to discuss journalists’ security? Then we should have security forces personnel attending gender safety...
by SAMSN Admin | Feb 17, 2015 | India, Release
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) is deeply saddened by the death of Subodh Bose, the president of IFJ affiliate All India Newspaper Employees Federation (AINEF), in Kolkata, India on Friday, February 13, 2015. The IFJ joins the AINEF in expressing...
by SAMSN Admin | Feb 6, 2015 | Arrest / Detainment, India, Media Rights Violations, Release, Reports
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins the Delhi Union of Journalists (DUJ) and the Brihanmumbai Union of Journalists (BUJ) in condemning the arrest of Shirin Dalvi, the editor of an Urdu newspaper in Mumbai, India on January 29, 2015 for reprinting a...
