by SAMSN Admin | Jan 5, 2020 | Attack, Media Rights Violations, Pakistan, Release
The Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) has strongly condemns the incident of manhandling of anchorperson Mubashar Luqman by Federal Minister Fawad Ch and demanded the Prime Minister Imran Khan to take action against the Minister. Federal Minister Fawad...
by SAMSN Admin | Dec 17, 2019 | Attack, Media Rights Violations, Release, Sri Lanka
A correspondent for Sri Lanka’s Daily Mirror and Lankadeepa was attacked by club-wielding assailants in his home on December 6. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliates the Free Media Movement (FMM) and the Federation of Media Employees’...
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 | Nov 15, 2019 | Freedom of Expression, India, Internet Freedom, Media Rights Violations, Online Harassment, Release
Israeli spyware Pegasus, suspected to be behind the hacking of WhatsApp worldwide, is found to have targeted Indian journalists, human rights activists and academics. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its South Asia affiliates represented by the...
by SAMSN Admin | Nov 13, 2019 | Access to Information, Censorship, Freedom of Expression, Internet Freedom, Media Regulations, Media Rights Violations, Release, South Asia
The ban on internet and communication services in Kashmir has now entered 100 days. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its South Asia affiliates represented by the South Asia Media Solidarity Network (SAMSN) express serious concern over the...
by SAMSN Admin | Nov 2, 2019 | Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Countries, Impunity, India, Killing, Maldives, Media Rights Violations, Nepal, Pakistan, Release, South Asia, Sri Lanka
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) says 12 journalist deaths this year in South Asia are yet to have the murderers identified, let alone punished, pointing to an abject failure by governments to deal with a crisis of impunity in the region. The IFJ and...