by SAMSN Admin | Mar 8, 2018 | Gender, Release, South Asia
Today, on International Women’s Day, the IFJ Asia-Pacific and its affiliates across the region launched the campaign “IFJ Women Lead”. The IFJ’s 2018 campaign is a key stage in a long-term and progressive strategy for the IFJ and its affiliates in the Asia-Pacific to...
by SAMSN Admin | Mar 8, 2018 | Gender, Nepal, Release
प्रत्येक बर्ष मार्च ८ मा मनाइने अन्तराष्ट्रिय महिला दिवशको अवसरमा आम महिला दिदी बहिनीहरुसँगै सबै सञ्चारकर्मी महिलाहरुलाई नेपाल प्रेस युनियन हार्दिक शुभकामना व्यक्त गर्दछ। ‘Press for Progress’ नाराका साथ मनाइन लागेको १०८ औं अन्तराष्ट्रिय महिला दिवसको अवसरमा...
by SAMSN Admin | Sep 12, 2017 | Censorship, Freedom of Expression, Gender, Impunity, Internet Freedom, Media Rights Violations, Meeting, Release, Right to Information, South Asia
South Asian journalist unions and associations affiliated to the South Asia Media Solidarity Network (SAMSN) and the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) resolved to build strong, united, democratic, independent, representative and self-sustaining unions...
by SAMSN Admin | Sep 8, 2017 | Countries, Gender, Human Rights, Impunity, India, Killing, Release
Gauri Lankesh, a veteran journalist and outspoken critic of Hindu nationalists, was shot dead outside her home in Rajarajeshwarinagar in South Bengaluru, Karnataka, as she returned from work on September 5, 2017. Below are messages of condemning her brutal murder and...
by SAMSN Admin | May 3, 2017 | Access to Information, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Censorship, Freedom of Expression, Gender, Human Rights, Impunity, India, Internet Freedom, Labour rights, Maldives, Media Ownership, Media Rights Violations, Nepal, News, Pakistan, Release, Reports, Reports and Publications, Right to Information, South Asia, Sri Lanka, Trade Union Rights
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and the South Asia Media Solidarity Network (SAMSN) marked World Press Freedom Day 2017 today by releasing “New Fronts, Brave Voices: Press Freedom in South Asia 2016-17”. The 15th edition of the annual report...
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...