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...
by SAMSN Admin | Aug 22, 2019 | Freedom of Expression, Harassment, Human Rights, India, News, Politics, Release
The Indian Journalists Union (IJU) and its affiliate Journalists Union of Assam (JUA) has expressed serious concern over propaganda under the “NRC” Authority logo to malign and brand a group of renowned journalists from across the country as anti-national for their...
by SAMSN Admin | Jul 29, 2019 | Attack, Human Rights, Impunity, Media Rights Violations, News, Pakistan, Release
Mohammad Tayyab and Ali Raza, two reporters of Channel 24 News, were brutally beaten by a group of lawyers in Faisalabad, the second-largest city in the east of Punjab province on Tuesday, July 23. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) stands with its...
by SAMSN Admin | Jul 29, 2019 | Economic pressure, Human Rights, Labour rights, Media Rights Violations, News, Pakistan, Release
Journalists in Pakistan are facing financial instability with reports that some have not been paid for over three months, while others have had their salary cut between 10-40 percent in the past six months. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) stands with...
by SAMSN Admin | Jul 29, 2019 | Access to Information, Censorship, Freedom of Expression, Human Rights, Impunity, Media Rights Violations, News, Pakistan, Release, Threat
A nationalist hashtag hate campaign on social media platform Twitter has targeted journalists for attacks for being allegedly “pro-India” and “anti-Pakistan”. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliate the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists...
by SAMSN Admin | Jul 29, 2019 | Afghanistan, Attack, Human Rights, Impunity, Killing, Media Rights Violations, News, Release
A media security guard has been shot and killed, while another seven media workers have been injured from a car bomb blast near private broadcaster Shamshad TV in Kabul. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliate the Afghanistan Independent...
