by SAMSN Admin | Oct 2, 2019 | Censorship, Economic pressure, Freedom of Expression, Labour rights, Media Rights Violations, Pakistan, Release, Trade Union Rights
Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) has strongly condemned the downsizing of journalists in ARY News and AAJ News and once again demanded government of Pakistan to take action against this unlawful termination of working journalists in the country. The...
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 | May 6, 2019 | Access to Information, Censorship, Countries, Freedom of Expression, Gender, Human Rights, Impunity, Internet Freedom, Issues, Labour rights, Media Ownership, Media Rights Violations, Release, Reports, Reports and Publications, Right to Information, Trade Union Rights
Today, the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), the South Asia Media Solidarity Network (SAMSN) and its affiliates launch the 17th edition of the South Asia Press Freedom Report – Truth vs Misinformation: The Collective Push Back. The report was launched in...
by SAMSN Admin | Mar 21, 2019 | Harassment, Release, Sri Lanka, Trade Union Rights
Employees of the Swarnavahini media institute have formally established a trade union. After formal prior notice to the administration, they held a union meeting at the vehicle yard in the institutional premises during the lunch hour break on March 18, 2019. A group...
by SAMSN Admin | Mar 21, 2019 | Harassment, Release, Sri Lanka, Trade Union Rights
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