by SAMSN Admin | Mar 9, 2020 | Harassment, India, Labour rights, Media Rights Violations, Release, Threat
Police barred two journalists from reporting on a government operation in Pulwama district, in Indian-administered Kashmir, and confiscated their equipment on March 4. The International Federation of Journalists and its affiliate the Indian Journalists Union (IJU)...
by SAMSN Admin | Mar 4, 2020 | Harassment, Media Rights Violations, Nepal, Release
Ajayababu Shiwakoti, the general secretary of the Nepal Press Union (NPU), received threats for his reporting on an alleged bribery scandal involving Nepal’s minister of communications and information technology. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and...
by SAMSN Admin | Feb 27, 2020 | Attack, India, Media Rights Violations, Release
Akash Napa, a journalist with JK 24×7 was shot and at least four other journalists were injured during communal unrest in Delhi on February 25 over the country’s controversial Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA). The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its...
by SAMSN Admin | Feb 27, 2020 | Killing, Media Rights Violations, Pakistan, Release
Javedullah Khan, the bureau chief for Urdu language newspaper Ausaf, was gunned down on February 25 in Matta, 40-kilometres northwest of Pakistan’s Swat Valley. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliate the Pakistan Federal Union of...
by SAMSN Admin | Feb 27, 2020 | Attack, India, Media Rights Violations, Release
The Indian Journalists Union (IJU) expresses grave concern over the deliberate targeting and assault of number of media persons covering the widespread violence in the nation’s capital, Delhi since last Sunday. In the mob violence in North East Delhi not only have...
by SAMSN Admin | Feb 25, 2020 | Access to Information, Censorship, Impunity, Media Rights Violations, Pakistan, Release
The International Federation of Journalists(IFJ) and its Pakistan affiliate Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists(PFUJ) call for urgent government action to force Pakistan’s media companies to pay up to 11 months’ worth of unpaid salaries to journalists amid a crisis...
