by SAMSN Admin | Jan 4, 2017 | India, Killing, Media Rights Violations, Release
A senior journalist, Hari Prakash, was found dead in Jharkhand’s Hazaribagh district. The family members of the journalist claimed that he has been murdered. He was missing for the last two days. The police recovered a bottle of poison from the journalist, and...
by SAMSN Admin | Dec 31, 2016 | Killing, Media Rights Violations, Release, South Asia
93 journalists and media professionals were killed in 2016 according to new statistics published by the world’s largest journalists’ organisation. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), which represents 600.000 members in 140 countries, today...
by SAMSN Admin | Dec 16, 2016 | Afghanistan, Killing, Media Rights Violations, Release
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliate, the Afghan Independent Journalists’ Association (AIJA), in condemning the killing of a senior journalist in Afghanistan. The IFJ and AIJA jointly demand immediate and transparent investigations...
by SAMSN Admin | Nov 14, 2016 | India, Killing, Media Rights Violations, Release
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliates the National Union of Journalists (India) (NUJ) and the Indian Journalists Union (IJU) in deploring the killing of yet another journalist in Bihar six months after the killing of Rajdeo Ranjan,...
by SAMSN Admin | Nov 12, 2016 | India, Killing, Media Rights Violations, Release
The Indian Journalists Union (IJU) strongly condemned the murder of Dharmendra Singh, Correspondent of Hindi daily Dainik Bhaskar at Rohtas in Bihar on Saturday morning, 12 November. He was shot dead by three motorcycle borne unidentified assailants while he was...
by SAMSN Admin | Nov 12, 2016 | India, Killing, Media Rights Violations, Release
Condemning horrific murder of Journalist Dharmendra Singh, Sasaram, Bihar, National Union of Journalists (India) demanded immediate judicial probe of the incident. “It is high time that the Government should come forward with Journalist Protection Act and family...
