by SAMSN Admin | Sep 20, 2019 | Censorship, Freedom of Expression, Media Regulations, Media Rights Violations, Media Rights Violations, Pakistan, Release
The Pakistan government has announced a plan to introduce media courts to regulate the press. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliate the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) reject the government plan to set up media tribunals and...
by SAMSN Admin | Sep 20, 2019 | Censorship, Freedom of Expression, Media Regulations, Media Rights Violations, Media Rights Violations, Pakistan, Release
The Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) has strongly opposed the announcement of media tribunal being established by the Pakistan government and termed it another attack on the freedom of speech and expression. PFUJ President GM Jamali and Secretary General...
by SAMSN Admin | Sep 17, 2019 | Alert, Arrest / Detainment, Labour rights, Media Rights Violations, Nepal, News, Release, Trade Union Rights
Union leaders from the Nepal Press Union (NPU) and the Federation of Nepali Journalists (FNJ) were among nine journalists arrested as they protested job losses in Kathmandu on Monday. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliate the NPU in...
by SAMSN Admin | Sep 17, 2019 | Alert, Arrest / Detainment, Labour rights, Media Rights Violations, Nepal, News, Release, Trade Union Rights
Police in Nepal have arrested nine journalists including general secretary of the Nepal Press Union (NPU) Mr. Ajaya Babu Shiwakoti from Central Secretariat, Singha Durbar, Kathmandu on Monday. Journalsits were demanding restoration of job of three journalists who were...
by SAMSN Admin | Sep 16, 2019 | Access to Information, Alert, Freedom of Expression, India, Internet Freedom, Media Regulations, Media Rights Violations, News, Release
Since August 5, the Indian government has imposed a shutdown of the internet in Jammu & Kashmir. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliate the Indian Journalists Union (IJU) have strongly condemned the shutdown as a violation of the right...
by SAMSN Admin | Sep 16, 2019 | Access to Information, Alert, Freedom of Expression, India, Media Regulations, Media Rights Violations, News, Release
The Indian Journalists Union (IJU), the largest and most representative union of working journalists in the country, has sought to intervene in the Anuradha Bhasin writ petition challenging the communications lockdown in Jammu and Kashmir, in the Supreme Court. IJU...
