by SAMSN Admin | Jan 21, 2016 | Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Bulletin, India, Maldives, Media Rights Violations, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
Happy New Year 2016! Welcome to the monthly e-bulletin of the South Asia Media Solidarity Network (SAMSN). The next bulletin will be sent on February 15, 2016, and your inputs are most welcome. We encourage contributions to let others know about your activities and to...
by SAMSN Admin | Jan 20, 2016 | Killing, Media Rights Violations, Pakistan, Release
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliate the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) condemn the killing of two journalists in the past week in the troubled Khyber-Pakhtunhkhwa province in Pakistan’s north-west. The IFJ demands...
by SAMSN Admin | Jan 15, 2016 | Attack, Media Rights Violations, Pakistan, Release
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) condemns the attack on the Islamabad office of the Pakistani television channel ARY News on Wednesday, January 13. The IFJ demands an immediate investigation into the attack by authorities. According to ARY News,...
by SAMSN Admin | Jan 8, 2016 | Attack, Media Rights Violations, Nepal, Release
नेपाल पत्रकार महासंघका केन्द्रीय पार्षद एवं एभिन्यूज टेलिभिजन नेपालगन्जका क्षेत्रीय प्रमुख कृष्ण खनालमाथि अज्ञात समूहद्वारा हिजो पुस २२ गते राति नेपालगन्जको त्रिवेणीमोडमा भएको संघातिक हमलाप्रति नेपाल पत्रकार महासंघको गम्भीर ध्यानाकर्षण भएको छ । महासंघ बाँके शाखाका...
by SAMSN Admin | Jan 6, 2016 | Impunity, Pakistan, Release
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliate the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) in welcoming the arrest on 5 January of two suspects in connection with the murder in 2014 of three media workers of the TV channel Express News....
by SAMSN Admin | Jan 5, 2016 | Bangladesh, Impunity, Release
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) welcomes the convictions and sentencing on 31 December 2015 of eight persons involved in the murder of blogger Rajib Haider in Bangladesh. Haidar, 35, a blogger and activist calling for the execution of Islamist...