by SAMSN Admin | May 3, 2016 | 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, Pakistan, Release, Reports, 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 by releasing The Road to Resilience: Press Freedom in South Asia 2015-16. The 14th annual report documents the press freedom situation,...
by SAMSN Admin | Apr 27, 2016 | Bangladesh, Human Rights, Killing, Media Rights Violations, SAMSN Blog
Bangladesh is probably passing through one of its most fragile hours since its inception by walking in a pitch-black tunnel with no ray of light to be seen on either sides. After a brief period of continuous assassinations of foreigners, progressive bloggers, writers...
by SAMSN Admin | May 29, 2015 | Human Rights, Release, South Asia
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has today welcomed the Resolution 2222 (2015) on the protection of journalists in armed conflicts, unanimously adopted by the United Nations (UN) Security Council yesterday during its 74509th meeting in New York. The...
by SAMSN Admin | May 8, 2015 | 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, Pakistan, Release, Reports, Sri Lanka, Trade Union Rights
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and the South Asia Media Solidarity Network (SAMSN) today released The Freedom Frontier: Press Freedom in South Asia 2014-15. The 13th annual report on press freedom in the region explores the frontlines shaping and...
by SAMSN Admin | Mar 31, 2015 | Bangladesh, Human Rights, Killing, Release
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and the Bangladesh Manobadhikar Sangbadik Forum (BMSF) strongly condemn the murder of blogger Md Oyasiqur Rahman Babu on Monday, March 30 in Dhaka. Three assailants attacked Oyasiqur, 27, on his way to work at a local...
