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Pakistan: Journalist gets threats from PM adviser

by SAMSN Admin | Sep 23, 2019 | Censorship, Freedom of Expression, Harassment, Human Rights, Media Regulations, Media Rights Violations, Pakistan, Release

An adviser to Pakistan’s Prime Minister has started issuing threats to senior journalists for opposing its policies and proposed media tribunals and courts. A senior Pakistani activist, journalist and political analyst, Arif Hameed Bhatti has received serious threats...

Pakistan: Government attempts to introduce media tribunals

by SAMSN Admin | Sep 20, 2019 | Censorship, Freedom of Expression, Media Regulations, Media Rights Violations, Media Rights Violations, Pakistan, Release

The Pakistan government has announced a plan to introduce media courts to regulate the press. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliate the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) reject the government plan to set up media tribunals and...

PFUJ condemns media tribunal decision

by SAMSN Admin | Sep 20, 2019 | Censorship, Freedom of Expression, Media Regulations, Media Rights Violations, Media Rights Violations, Pakistan, Release

The Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) has strongly opposed the announcement of media tribunal being established by the Pakistan government and termed it another attack on the freedom of speech and expression. PFUJ President GM Jamali and Secretary General...

Maldives: Inquiry finds extremist group responsible for Rilwan’s murder

by SAMSN Admin | Sep 5, 2019 | Censorship, Human Rights, Impunity, Killing, Maldives, Media Rights Violations, News, Release

Five years after the disappearance of Maldivian journalist Ahmed Rilwan Abdulla, an independent inquiry found that he was killed by a local extremist group linked to Al-Qaeda. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) welcome the findings of the inquiry, and...

IJU Slams PCI Chairman’s Conduct

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...

IJU Condemns Meghalaya Police High Handedness

by SAMSN Admin | Aug 19, 2019 | Censorship, Freedom of Expression, Harassment, India, Media Rights Violations, News, Release

The Indian Journalists Union (IJU) has condemned the high handedness of the Meghalaya police to browbeat the news portal Northeast Now to remove a news item and disclose its sources. Worse, the police has asserted that media houses had no journalistic privilege or any...
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