by SAMSN Admin | Mar 30, 2017 | Media Regulations, Media Rights Violations, Pakistan, Release
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) expresses serious concerns over the act of the regional authorities that has forced the closure of all local newspapers in the remote, mountainous Gilgit-Baltistan territory. On March 21, all local newspapers in...
by SAMSN Admin | Mar 24, 2017 | Gender, Pakistan, SAMSN Blog
Farzana Ali is Bureau Chief, AAJ TV- Peshawar, in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan What are you experiences with online harassment and trolling from your work? Whenever I do any programs about the government of Khyber Pakhtunkwa (KPK), which is not as per their...
by SAMSN Admin | Mar 16, 2017 | Pakistan, SAMSN Blog
If technology has made it easier to harass women in general and journalists in particular, it has also given women space to break the silence and talk about it. They will find they have a whole army behind them to back. For example, the #shoutingback or Everyday...
by SAMSN Admin | Feb 13, 2017 | Killing, Media Rights Violations, Pakistan, Release
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) strongly condemns the brutal killing of a journalist in Karachi, Pakistan on February 12. The IFJ demands immediate arrest of the killers and justice for the killed cameraman. Taimoor Abbas, 22-year-old assistant...
by SAMSN Admin | Feb 2, 2017 | Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Killing, Media Rights Violations, Pakistan, Release
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) today launched the IFJ list of journalists and media staff killed in 2016, documenting the deaths of colleagues killed in the line of duty. In the Asia-Pacific region, 28 journalists were brutally murdered in 2016, an...
by SAMSN Admin | Feb 1, 2017 | Media Rights Violations, Pakistan, SAMSN Blog
Despite the race for stories, media houses in Pakistan are now putting safety of their staff at a higher footing than ratings, says Lubna Jerar Naqvi. Terrorism and murder are the main causes for media deaths in Pakistan and five media personnel were killed in 2016....
