by SAMSN Admin | Mar 4, 2021 | Bangladesh, Killing, Media Rights Violations, Reaching Out, Release
Bangladeshi writer Mushtaq Ahmed, who was detained under the Digital Security Act (DSA) in May, 2020, for allegedly posting criticism of the government’s response to the Covid-19 on Facebook, died in police custody on February 25. The International Federation of...
by SAMSN Admin | Mar 3, 2021 | Afghanistan, Killing, Media Rights Violations, Release
Three female journalists from Enikass TV were shot dead by unknown gunmen in two separate attacks as they attempted to return home from work on March 2. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliate the Afghan Independent Journalists’ Association...
by SAMSN Admin | Feb 1, 2021 | Killing, Media Regulations, Media Rights Violations, Pakistan, Release
Ahmad Omar Saeed Sheikh, who was previously convicted in the 2002 murder of Wall Street Journal correspondent Daniel Pearl, is set to walk free after Pakistan’s Supreme Court on ordered his release January 28. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ)...
by SAMSN Admin | Jan 22, 2021 | Bangladesh, Killing, Media Rights Violations, Release
Five men have been sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of journalist Humayun Kabir Balu, sixteen years after he was killed in a targeted explosion in Khulna in 2004. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) welcomes the conviction of the killers and...
by SAMSN Admin | Jan 5, 2021 | Afghanistan, Killing, Media Rights Violations, Release
Bismillah Adil Aimaq, an Afghan journalist and human rights activist was killed by unidentified gunmen in Dara-e-Taimoor village in Ghor province of Afghanistan on the first day of 2021. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its local affiliate, the...
by SAMSN Admin | Dec 17, 2020 | Alert, India, Killing, Media Rights Violations
S V Pradeep, a Thiruvananthapuram based broadcast journalist, was killed in a hit-and–run road accident in suspicious circumstances on December 14. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) calls for a thorough investigation into his death. According to police...
