by SAMSN Admin | Feb 25, 2020 | Access to Information, Censorship, Impunity, Media Rights Violations, Pakistan, Release
The International Federation of Journalists(IFJ) and its Pakistan affiliate Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists(PFUJ) call for urgent government action to force Pakistan’s media companies to pay up to 11 months’ worth of unpaid salaries to journalists amid a crisis...
by SAMSN Admin | Feb 21, 2020 | Accidental Death, India
Two people, including a Captain TV journalist were killed in a car accident at Kallankattupudur in Tamil Nadu on February 18. The IFJ is saddened on the death and urges all journalists to remain safe when reporting. B Chandrasekar, 36, who worked as a reporter for...
by SAMSN Admin | Feb 18, 2020 | Arrest / Detainment, Harassment, India, Media Rights Violations
Kamran Yousuf, a multimedia journalist who works with Newsclick, was detained by Pulwana police late in the evening of February 16 and interrogated for several hours. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliate the Indian Journalists Union...
by SAMSN Admin | Feb 17, 2020 | Killing, Media Rights Violations, Pakistan
Aziz Memon, a journalist with Kawish Television Network (KTN) TV and Sindhi-language Daily Kawish was found dead in an irrigation waterway in Mehrabpur in Southern Sindh on February 16. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliate the Pakistan...
by SAMSN Admin | Feb 14, 2020 | Internet Freedom, Media Regulations, Pakistan, Politics, Release
The Pakistan government has hammered through strict controls to digital content creators throughout 2020. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliate the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) condemn the regulations and urge the...
by SAMSN Admin | Feb 14, 2020 | Attack, Bangladesh, Censorship, Media Rights Violations, Politics
Attacks on journalists and obstruction to reporting were documented in Bangladesh during the Dhaka North and South city elections on February 1. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) condemns the series of attacks at polling stations by polling agents and...
