by SAMSN Admin | Sep 24, 2015 | Attack, Media Rights Violations, Pakistan, Release
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliate the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) in condemning the manhandling of a TV reporter by the railway officers and police in Karachi, Pakistan. On September 22, Chand Nawaz, a journalist...
by SAMSN Admin | Sep 22, 2015 | Afghanistan, Killing, Media Rights Violations, Release
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliate the Afghanistan Independent Journalists Association (AIJA) in condemning the murder of a young freelance journalist in Faizabad, the capital of Badakhshan province in Northern Afghanistan. The IFJ...
by SAMSN Admin | Sep 21, 2015 | Media Rights Violations, Pakistan, Release, Threat
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliate the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) condemn the continued threats issued by a Pakistani Taliban faction against the media. The IFJ calls on the Pakistani government to take the issue...
by SAMSN Admin | Sep 17, 2015 | Attack, Media Rights Violations, Nepal, SAMSN Blog, Threat
On September 15, 2015, I was at New Baneshwor, Kathmandu in front of the Constituent Assembly (CA) as there was a demonstration. The protesters were demanding that Nepal should be declared a Hindu state in the new constitution which the CA voted against. The...
by SAMSN Admin | Sep 16, 2015 | Attack, Media Rights Violations, Nepal, Release, Threat
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins the Federation of Nepali Journalists (FNJ) and the Nepal Press Union (NPU) in condemning the threat against journalists by burning them alive by an ex-parliamentarian and central committee member of political...
by SAMSN Admin | Sep 10, 2015 | Attack, Media Rights Violations, Nepal, Release
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins the Federation of Nepali Journalists (FNJ) in condemning continued attacks on journalists covering the political demonstrations in Nepal. The IFJ urges Nepal government to ensure that journalists are not...