by SAMSN Admin | Sep 12, 2019 | Access to Information, Alert, Freedom of Expression, Media Regulations, Media Rights Violations, News, Release, Sri Lanka
See SLWJA statement here
by SAMSN Admin | Sep 12, 2019 | Access to Information, Alert, Freedom of Expression, Media Regulations, Media Rights Violations, News, Release, Sri Lanka
The Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation (SLRC), Sri Lanka’s state-run broadcaster has been moved from the purview of the Media Ministry to the Defence Ministry under presidential powers. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliates the Free...
by SAMSN Admin | Sep 12, 2019 | Arrest / Detainment, Freedom of Expression, Harassment, Human Rights, India, Media Rights Violations, News, Release
In the past week journalists have come under threat in Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, targeted by authorities for simply doing their job. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliate the Indian Journalist Union (IJU) have strongly condemned the...
by SAMSN Admin | Sep 12, 2019 | Alert, Freedom of Expression, Harassment, Human Rights, India, Media Rights Violations, News, Release
The Indian Journalists Union expresses grave concern over journalists being repeatedly harassed and targeted by BJP governments in Uttar Pradesh and Haryana. Recently, two new fresh cases have been reported—a journalist arrested in UP’s Azamgarh district and an FIR...
by SAMSN Admin | Sep 5, 2019 | Economic pressure, Labour rights, Media Rights Violations, News, Pakistan, Release
The Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) led the protest rally and lock down of the Dunya News group head office in the afternoon here on Tuesday, today. Secretary General PFUJ Rana Muhammad Azeem led a big protest rally from Lahore Press Club to Dunya News...
by SAMSN Admin | Sep 5, 2019 | Censorship, Human Rights, Impunity, Killing, Maldives, Media Rights Violations, News, Release
Five years after the disappearance of Maldivian journalist Ahmed Rilwan Abdulla, an independent inquiry found that he was killed by a local extremist group linked to Al-Qaeda. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) welcome the findings of the inquiry, and...
