by SAMSN Admin | May 29, 2017 | India, Labour rights, Release
The National Union of Journalists (India) hailed the Haryana Government’s decision to provide Rs 10,000 monthly pension for the journalists who are above 60 years and have completed 20 years in the profession. The Haryana Government has also announced a life insurance...
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 | Apr 19, 2017 | India, Labour rights, Release
The Indian Journalists Union (IJU), the premier and most representative organization of working journalists in the country, welcomed the statement ofUnion Minister for Labour Bandaru Dattatreya that the electronic media journalists would be brought under the ambit of...
by SAMSN Admin | Apr 18, 2017 | India, Labour rights, Release
The National Union of Journalists (India), the premier national body of working journalists, welcomed the Union Labour Minister Bandaru Dattatreya’s statement on amending the Working Journalists Act, 1955. The Labour Minister said in Kochi today that the Union...
by SAMSN Admin | Feb 20, 2017 | India, Labour rights, Release
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and the National Union of Journalists (India) express serious concern over the trend of the closure of several print editions by major newspapers and retrenching journalists and media staff in an arbitrary manner in...
by SAMSN Admin | Nov 8, 2016 | Labour rights, Nepal, Release
श्रमजीवी पत्रकारहरूको न्यूनतम पारिश्रमिकमा बृद्धि तथा स्वास्थ्य उपचारमा ५० प्रतिशत छुटको व्यवस्था कार्यान्वयनलगायत सञ्चार क्षेत्रका समस्याको संबोधनमा भइरहेको सरकारी ढिलासुस्तीप्रति नेपाल पत्रकार महासंघ गम्भीर आपत्ति जनाउँदछ । महासंघका अध्यक्ष डा. महेन्द्र विष्टको...
