by SAMSN Admin | Apr 30, 2018 | Afghanistan, Killing, Release
Unknown gunmen killed Ahmad Shah, a journalist with BBC Afghan service, on April 30, 2018 in Khost province, Eastern Afghanistan making the day the deadliest for media as nine other journalists were killed earlier in the day in a suicide attack in Kabul. The...
by SAMSN Admin | Apr 30, 2018 | Afghanistan, Killing, Media Rights Violations, Release
According to reports, 9 journalists, including a female journalist, were killed in Kabul, Afghanistan in back-to-back suicide attacks, the second of which targeted the journalists on April 30, 2018. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joined the...
by SAMSN Admin | Apr 26, 2018 | Afghanistan, Killing, Media Rights Violations, Release
Two unknown gunmen shot dead Kabul News TV journalist Abdul Manan Arghand, 31, on April 25, 2018 at Yarana Market in the outskirts of Kandahar city, Afghanistan. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) strongly condemns the killing of journalist Arghand and...
by SAMSN Admin | Mar 29, 2018 | Killing, Media Rights Violations, Pakistan, Release
Pakistani journalist, Zeeshan Ashraf Butt became the second journalist killed in Pakistan this year, when he was shot dead on March 27. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) deplores the killing and calls for an immediate investigation. Zeeshan, a...
by SAMSN Admin | Mar 27, 2018 | India, Killing, Media Rights Violations, Release
Sandeep Sharma and Naveen Nishchal were both killed in separate vehicle incidents in India on Monday, March 26. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliate the National Union of Journalists (India) condemn the killings and demand immediate and...
by SAMSN Admin | Mar 26, 2018 | India, Killing, Media Rights Violations, Release
The National Union of Journalists (India) joins its state unit NUJ(Bihar) and Journalists Union of Madhya Pradesh in strongly condemning the gruesome murder of frontline journalist Brajesh Kumar working for national daily newspaper in Bihar and Sandeep Sharma working...