by SAMSN Admin | Dec 1, 2014 | Attack, Media Rights Violations, Pakistan, Release
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) strongly condemn the attacks on Digital Satellite News Gathering (DSNG) equipment of various television stations on Islamabad on Sunday, November 30. A number of...
by SAMSN Admin | Dec 1, 2014 | Accidental Death, Bangladesh, Release
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and the Bangladesh Manobadhikar Sangbadik Forum (BMSF) are saddened by the death of a senior journalist and columnist in a road accident in Dhaka on Saturday, November 29. Zaglul Ahmed Chowdhury, former managing...
by SAMSN Admin | Dec 1, 2014 | Economic pressure, Labour rights, Pakistan, Release
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) are deeply saddened by the death of a Pakistani media worker and demand immediate action on the television station who have not paid his salary for four months. Imran...
by SAMSN Admin | Nov 28, 2014 | Alert, Attack, India, Killing, Media Rights Violations
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and it’s affiliate the Indian Journalists Union (IJU) condemn the brutal murder of a senior journalist in Guntur of Andra Pradesh, in south eastern India on early hours of Wednesday, November 26. MVN Shankar, 53, a...
by SAMSN Admin | Nov 28, 2014 | Impunity, Pakistan, SAMSN Blog
Syed Saleem Shahzad, a prominent Pakistani investigative journalist renowned for his incisive reporting of war and militancy and author of a book on militancy in the country, was abducted in broad daylight from the heart of federal capital Islamabad on May 29, 2011....
by SAMSN Admin | Nov 27, 2014 | Afghanistan, Release
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) welcomes the Chief Executive Officer of Afghanistan’s National Unity Government’s statement of intention to bring an end to impunity for crimes against journalists and media workers in the country. In a statement...