by SAMSN Admin | Jan 31, 2020 | Censorship, Economic pressure, Freedom of Expression, Human Rights, Killing, Labour rights, Media Rights Violations, Pakistan, Politics, Release
Journalists in Pakistan are facing a widespread crisis of unpaid salaries, causing financial instability, trauma and stress-related deaths in the industry. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliate the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists...
by SAMSN Admin | Jan 31, 2020 | Economic pressure, Freedom of Expression, Human Rights, Killing, Labour rights, Media Rights Violations, Pakistan, SAMSN Blog
Another media worker has fallen victim of death by stress. Fayyaz Ali, who was a camera operator at news channel Capital TV, died of a fatal heart attack the day he was laid off. According to reports, Capital TV hadn’t paid Ali’s salary for more than six – some say...
by SAMSN Admin | Jan 24, 2020 | Human Rights, Release, Sri Lanka, Threat
Leaflets threatening to kill seven Tamil journalists were left at the Batticaloa Press Club and a nearby bus stop in Batticaloa, a city in the Eastern Province of Sri Lanka. The International Federation of Journalist (IFJ) and its affiliates Sri Lankan affiliates, the...
by SAMSN Admin | Nov 27, 2019 | Access to Information, Censorship, Freedom of Expression, Gender, Human Rights, Impunity, Internet Freedom, Labour rights, Media Ownership, Media Rights Violations, Release, Right to Information, South Asia, Trade Union Rights
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and the South Asia Media Solidarity Network (SAMSN) reaffirm their commitments to build stronger unions and associations, fight for journalist safety and media freedom, protect ethical journalism and campaign for a...
by SAMSN Admin | Oct 17, 2019 | Human Rights, Impunity, India, Killing, Media Rights Violations, Release
New Delhi, October 17, 2019: The Indian Journalists Union (IJU) expressed grave concern over the brutal murder of K Satyanarayana, Correspondent of Telugu daily, Andhra Jyothi at Thondangi Mandal in East Godavari district on Tuesday night, after he was returning home...
by SAMSN Admin | Oct 17, 2019 | Human Rights, Impunity, India, Killing, Media Rights Violations, Release
Unidentified assailants stabbed and killed Andrah Pradesh journalist K Satyanarayana on October 14 – just a month after his attack in a separate incident. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliates the National Union of Journalists (India)...