by SAMSN Admin | Sep 5, 2019 | Impunity, Killing, Media Rights Violations, News, Pakistan, Release
Mirza Waseem Baig, a journalist working for 92 News, was killed by unidentified assailants in Punjab, a province of eastern Pakistan, on Friday 30 August 2019, following his reporting on local gangs activities. The International Federation of Journalists stands with...
by SAMSN Admin | Aug 29, 2019 | Economic pressure, Labour rights, News, Pakistan, Release
It is for information that Dunya News group has terminated as many as 70 journalists from Lahore head quarter as a down sizing move while a list of about two hundred journalists from Lahore, Karachi, Rawalpindi Islamabad and offices in other cities of Dunya News group...
by SAMSN Admin | Aug 29, 2019 | Economic pressure, Labour rights, News, Pakistan, Release
Dunya News has sacked 70 journalists from its Lahore headquarters as part of a plan to downsize the company. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliate the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) have strongly criticized the mass...
by SAMSN Admin | Aug 26, 2019 | Access to Information, Censorship, Freedom of Expression, India, News, Politics, Release
The Indian Journalists Union and its three nominated Members to the Press Council of India representing media organisations are shocked and gravely troubled at the PCI Chairman Justice (Retd) C K Prasad’s blatant violation of the Council rules, plus his actions have...
by SAMSN Admin | Aug 22, 2019 | Freedom of Expression, Harassment, Human Rights, India, News, Politics, Release
The Indian Journalists Union (IJU) and its affiliate Journalists Union of Assam (JUA) has expressed serious concern over propaganda under the “NRC” Authority logo to malign and brand a group of renowned journalists from across the country as anti-national for their...
by SAMSN Admin | Aug 21, 2019 | Access to Information, Freedom of Expression, India, Internet Freedom, News, Politics, Release, Sri Lanka
The Free Media Movement strongly condemns the steps taken pertaining to media censorship in Jammu and Kashmir parallel to the Indian government’s unilateral decision on 4th August regarding the ownership of the disputed Jammu and Kashmir state. In the first week...
