by SAMSN Admin | May 2, 2019 | Afghanistan, Human Rights, Impunity, Killing, Release
Two journalist killers have been sentenced to death for the murder of Afghan journalist Abdul Manan Arghand. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) welcomes government action to address impunity but is concerned the case was held in secret and delivered a...
by SAMSN Admin | Apr 10, 2019 | Censorship, Human Rights, Impunity, Media Rights Violations, Pakistan, Release, Threat
The former leader of Jamaat-e-Islami’s (JI), an Islamist political party in Pakistan, issued a fatwa on April 8, promoting the killing of journalists in Pakistan. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ)...
by SAMSN Admin | Mar 19, 2019 | Afghanistan, Alert, Impunity, Killing, Media Rights Violations
Afghan journalist Sultan Mohammad Khairkhah was shot and killed as he drove to work on March 17 in Khost, south eastern Afghanistan. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliate the Afghan Independent Journalists Association (AIJA) condemned...
by SAMSN Admin | Feb 12, 2019 | Afghanistan, Human Rights, Impunity, Killing, Media Rights Violations, Release
In an attack on the offices of Radio Hamsada in Telagan, Afghanistan, on February 6, two journalists were killed. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliate the Afghanistan Independent Journalists Association (AIJA) in condemning this brutal...
by SAMSN Admin | Feb 11, 2019 | Afghanistan, Alert, Impunity, Killing, Media Rights Violations
On the evening of February 5, 2019, gunmen stormed office of local radio station Hamsada in the center of city of Talegan, provincial capital of Takhar Province. The unidentified gunmen killed two employees in their office. The Interior Ministry of Afghanistan...
by SAMSN Admin | Feb 5, 2019 | Access to Information, Impunity, Release, Sri Lanka
The Human Rights Commission is ready to accept any basic information that could be provided in order to commence further inquiries into Assault, Killings and Disappearances of Journalists, Chairperson, Human Rights Commission, Dr. Deepika Udugama says. She stated this...
