by SAMSN Admin | Sep 6, 2021 | Afghanistan, Harassment, Impunity, Killing, Media Rights Violations, Missing, Release, Threat, Torture
Local media groups left in Afghanistan met with Taliban leaders on September 3 to address concerns around journalist safety. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) is cautious over the Taliban’s commitment to combating impunity for crimes against...
by SAMSN Admin | Aug 30, 2021 | Afghanistan, Arrest / Detainment, Media Rights Violations, Missing, Release
Khyber TV reporter Abdul Mateen Achakzai and cameraperson Muhammad Ali were arrested while reporting in Kandahar city in southern Afghanistan on August 25 and released two days later, while another Pakistani journalist Muhammad Iqbal Mengal remains missing. The...
by SAMSN Admin | Aug 26, 2021 | Economic pressure, Media Rights Violations, Pakistan, Release
Recent studies by the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) indicate large-scale forced dismissals of journalists from Pakistani media houses and non-payment of media workers arrears is increasing in Pakistan. The IFJ and its Pakistan affiliate, the Pakistan...
by SAMSN Admin | Aug 25, 2021 | Arrest / Detainment, Media Rights Violations, Release, Sri Lanka
A web journalist has been detained for allegedly giving information to the Indian Embassy in Colombo. A media organisations collective said that Lanka e-News journalist Keerthi Ratnayake had been arrested and had been detained for 90 days. “The editorial board of the...
by SAMSN Admin | Jul 21, 2021 | India, Online Harassment, Release, Right to Information
The Indian Journalists Union expresses grave concern over the surveillance of at least 40 journalists, among 300 others, including Opposition leaders, ministers, constitutional authorities, activists, through hacking of their phones by Israeli Pegasus spyware. The...
by SAMSN Admin | Jul 14, 2021 | Alert, Labour rights, Media Rights Violations, Pakistan, Release, Reports, Reports and Publications
Despite the existence of a long-established and extensive constitutional and legal framework, Pakistan’s media workers face a redundant and ineffective labour law system that is failing to protect essential worker rights. The International Federation of Journalists...
