by SAMSN Admin | Oct 17, 2019 | Human Rights, Impunity, India, Killing, Media Rights Violations, Release
New Delhi, October 17, 2019: The Indian Journalists Union (IJU) expressed grave concern over the brutal murder of K Satyanarayana, Correspondent of Telugu daily, Andhra Jyothi at Thondangi Mandal in East Godavari district on Tuesday night, after he was returning home...
by SAMSN Admin | Oct 17, 2019 | Human Rights, Impunity, India, Killing, Media Rights Violations, Release
Unidentified assailants stabbed and killed Andrah Pradesh journalist K Satyanarayana on October 14 – just a month after his attack in a separate incident. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliates the National Union of Journalists (India)...
by SAMSN Admin | Sep 27, 2019 | Afghanistan, Freedom of Expression, Human Rights, Killing, Media Rights Violations, Release
Abdul Hamid Hotaki, a political talk show host at Hewad independent public media group, was critically injured in an explosion near the campaign office of President Ashraf Ghani, in the southern city of Kandahar at approximately 8:30pm on September 24. Hotaki died in...
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...
by SAMSN Admin | Sep 5, 2019 | Impunity, Killing, Media Rights Violations, News, Pakistan, Release
Mirza Waseem Baig, a journalist working for 92 News, was killed by unidentified assailants in Punjab, a province of eastern Pakistan, on Friday 30 August 2019, following his reporting on local gangs activities. The International Federation of Journalists stands with...
by SAMSN Admin | Jul 29, 2019 | Afghanistan, Attack, Human Rights, Impunity, Killing, Media Rights Violations, News, Release
A media security guard has been shot and killed, while another seven media workers have been injured from a car bomb blast near private broadcaster Shamshad TV in Kabul. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliate the Afghanistan Independent...
