by SAMSN Admin | Sep 3, 2020 | Media Rights Violations, Online Harassment, Pakistan, Release
Journalists Ahmad Noorani and Gul Bukhari have received death threats for publishing a news report that is accused of being ‘fake’. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) condemns the threats and urges the Pakistan authorities to investigate the case....
by SAMSN Admin | Sep 1, 2020 | Afghanistan, Attack, Media Rights Violations, Release
Journalists Mohammed Bashir Ansari, Abdul Aziz Karimi and cameraperson Najib Faryad were injured in a road-side bomb explosion at Chahar Bulook district of Balkh province in Afghanistan on August 28. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its Afghan...
by SAMSN Admin | Aug 31, 2020 | Nepal, Release
विश्वभर महामारीको रुपमा फैलिएको कोरोना भाइरस (कोभिड–१९) को संक्रमण नेपालमा दिनप्रतिदिन तीब्ररुपले बढिरहेको छ । पछिल्लो समय संक्रमणको दर वृद्धि भएसंगै यो महामारीबाट नेपाली सञ्चार क्षेत्र पनि नराम्ररी प्रभावित हुन पुगेको छ । नेपाल पत्रकार महासंघमा अभिलेख भएअनुसार उच्च...
by SAMSN Admin | Aug 28, 2020 | Media Regulations, Media Rights Violations, Pakistan, Release
Pakistan’s senate standing committee on information and broadcasting passed amendments on August 26 to the Press Council of Pakistan Bill (2020) and the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority ‘ordinance’. The amendments opens up the chairperson role of the...
by SAMSN Admin | Aug 26, 2020 | India, Killing, Media Rights Violations, Release
The National Union of Journalists-India NUJI, Delhi Journalists ‘Association (DJA) and UP Journalists’ Association (UPJA) have sought Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath’s assistance of one crore rupees to the family of senior journalist Late Ratan Singh....
by SAMSN Admin | Aug 25, 2020 | India, Killing, Media Rights Violations, Release
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has received a report that journalist Ratan Singh has been shot dead on August 24 in Ballia district of Uttar Pradesh. According to police, four people have been taken into custody for interrogation. Singh is the...