by SAMSN Admin | Nov 28, 2016 | Media Regulations, Media Rights Violations, Pakistan, Release
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) in condemning the action of the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) suspending the license of two television channels on November 26. The IFJ...
by SAMSN Admin | Nov 15, 2016 | Impunity, India, Media Regulations, SAMSN Blog
Journalists in the central Indian state of Chhattisgarh have been under siege for the past several decades while living and reporting on the conflict between the banned Communist Party of India (Maoist) and the Government of India, with the vast majority of adivasi...
by SAMSN Admin | Nov 7, 2016 | Censorship, India, Media Regulations, Media Rights Violations, Release
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliate the Indian Journalists Union (IJU) in condemning the Indian government’s decision to ban Hindi news channel NDTV India and News Time Assam for a day on November 9. The IFJ demands the decision be...
by SAMSN Admin | Nov 4, 2016 | India, Media Regulations, Media Rights Violations, Release
The Indian Journalists Union (IJU), the premier and most representative organisation of working journalists in the country, strongly condemned the decision of the Union Ministry of Information and Broadcasting to ‘ban’ NDTV India for one day on 9 November. The...
by SAMSN Admin | Oct 7, 2016 | Censorship, Freedom of Expression, India, Media Regulations, Media Rights Violations, Release
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and the South Asia Media Solidarity Network (SAMSN) today called upon the authorities in the state of Jammu and Kashmir to lift the ban on the Kashmir Reader. Gravely concerned over the infringement of press freedom,...
by SAMSN Admin | Sep 3, 2016 | Media Regulations, Media Rights Violations, Nepal, Release
दक्षिण एशियाली ‘क्रस–बर्डर पत्रकारिता’ गर्ने हिमाल साउथएशियन पत्रिकाको प्रकाशन स्थगन गरिएको सूचना प्रकाशक ‘द साउथएशिया ट्रष्ट’ निकालेको विषयमा नेपाल प्रेस युनियनको ध्यानाकर्षण भएको छ । ट्रष्टले नेपाल सरकारका सम्बन्धित नियमन निकायहरुको असहयोगको कारण पत्रिका बन्द हुन...