by SAMSN Admin | May 29, 2020 | Economic pressure, India, Labour rights, Media Rights Violations, Release, Trade Union Rights
The National Union of Journalists (India), strongly condemns the closure of Sakal Tiems and Gomantak Times under the pretext of COVID19 pandemic. Nearly 45 of the editorial staff from both the papers will be laid off, along with a lot of employees from marketing and...
by SAMSN Admin | May 29, 2020 | Economic pressure, India, Labour rights, Media Rights Violations, Release, Trade Union Rights
The Indian Journalists Union has expressed serious concern over the rise in downsizing or shutting down of newspapers during COVID-19 and journalists being laid off. The latest in the series is English daily Sakal Times, based in Pune, Maharashtra and its sister...
by SAMSN Admin | May 29, 2020 | Impunity, Killing, Pakistan, Release
Police registered a case against six suspects, accused of the murder of KTN news journalist, Zulfiqar Ali Mandrani who was shot by unidentified gunmen on May 26 in Jacobabad. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliate the Pakistan Federal...
by SAMSN Admin | May 27, 2020 | Attack, Harassment, Media Rights Violations, Release, Sri Lanka
Bimal Shyaman, a journalist with Hiru, Derana and Swarnavahini television channels, was harassed and assaulted while reporting the Eid celebrations in the Atulugama area of Kalutara on May 24, 2020. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its Sri Lanka...
by SAMSN Admin | May 27, 2020 | Killing, Media Rights Violations, Pakistan, Release
Zulfiqar Ali Mandrani, a senior journalist with the Sindhi newspaper Daily Koshish was shot dead by two assailants in Jacobabad on Tuesday, May 26. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliate the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalist (PFUJ)...
by SAMSN Admin | May 27, 2020 | Attack, Harassment, Media Rights Violations, Release, Sri Lanka
Media reported an incident where Bimal Shyaman, the regional journalist of Hiru, Derana and Swarnavahini Television channels, was intimated and harassed on May 24, 2020 while reporting the Ramazan celebrations of the Atulugama area, which was open to widespread...
