by SAMSN Admin | Mar 1, 2016 | Freedom of Expression, Impunity, India, Release
A high level delegation of National Union of Journalists (India) called on President of India Shri Pranab Mukherjee and demanded enactment of a Journalists Protection Law and constitution of Media Commission and Media Council. The delegation, led by NUJ(I) president...
by SAMSN Admin | Mar 1, 2016 | Freedom of Expression, India, Release
नेशनल यूनियन ऑफ जर्नलिस्ट्स (इंडिया) ने राष्ट्रपति श्री प्रणब मुखर्जी को पत्रकार सुरक्षा कानून बनाने, मीडिया कमीशन व मीडिया काउंसिल के गठन और पत्रकारों की अन्य समस्याओं को लेकर एक ज्ञापन सौंपा। एनयूजे के अध्यक्ष रास बिहारी की अगुवाई में आठ सदस्यीय प्रतिनिधिमंडल ने...
by SAMSN Admin | Feb 25, 2016 | Freedom of Expression, India, SAMSN Blog
Visualize this. For two days, journalists covering news within the premises of the Patiala House Courts in Delhi were repeatedly attacked. They were targeted; and their mobile phones and tablets grabbed and smashed. Women journalists were among those who were...
by SAMSN Admin | Feb 24, 2016 | Freedom of Expression, Maldives, SAMSN Blog
Harassed, arrested, prosecuted and even violently attacked, journalism has never seen such gloomy days in Maldives since an iron clad monopoly on Freedom of Speech and Expression, and Freedom of the Media was released from its shackles in the late 2000s. Though the...
by SAMSN Admin | Feb 16, 2016 | Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bulletin, Freedom of Expression, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
Welcome to the monthly e-bulletin of the South Asia Media Solidarity Network(SAMSN). The next bulletin will be sent on March 15, 2016, and your inputs are most welcome. We encourage contributions to let others know about your activities; to seek solidarity and support...
by SAMSN Admin | Feb 4, 2016 | Freedom of Expression, Killing, Media Rights Violations, Release, South Asia
The International Federation of Journalists today published its 25th report on journalists and media staff killed since 1990. The report lists 2297 media fatalities due to violence in journalism, including 112 killed in 2015 alone. From double digits at the start of...
