by SAMSN Admin | Feb 11, 2019 | Afghanistan, Alert, Impunity, Killing, Media Rights Violations
On the evening of February 5, 2019, gunmen stormed office of local radio station Hamsada in the center of city of Talegan, provincial capital of Takhar Province. The unidentified gunmen killed two employees in their office. The Interior Ministry of Afghanistan...
by SAMSN Admin | Dec 6, 2018 | Killing, Media Rights Violations, Pakistan, Release
Noor ul Hassan from Royal News TV was killed and cameraman Sabir was injured on December 3, 2018 in Peshawar of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, northwest Pakistan. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliate the Pakistan Federal Union of...
by SAMSN Admin | Oct 31, 2018 | India, Killing, Media Rights Violations, Release
In less than 24 hours, two journalists have been killed in attacks in Chhattisgargh and Jharkhand, India. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliate, the National Union of Journalists, India (NUJI) and the Indian Journalists Union (IJU) have...
by SAMSN Admin | Oct 17, 2018 | Killing, Media Rights Violations, Pakistan, Release
Pakistani journalist Sohail Khan was shot and killed just days after filing a story about drug mafia on October 16, 2018. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) have condemned the brutal targeted murder....
by SAMSN Admin | Oct 15, 2018 | Afghanistan, Killing, Media Rights Violations, Release
Photojournalist M Asif Hakimi was among 22 killed in a bomb blast on an election gathering in northern province of Takhar, Afghanistan on October 13. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliates the Afghan Independent Journalists Association...
by SAMSN Admin | Sep 6, 2018 | Afghanistan, Killing, Media Rights Violations, Release
Two television journalists were killed and another five injured in a brutal twin blast in Afghanistan’s capital, Kabul, on September 5. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliate the Afghan Independent Journalists Association (AIJA) in...