by SAMSN Admin | Mar 25, 2020 | Attack, Harassment, India, Media Rights Violations, Media Rights Violations, Release
The NUJ(India) is very much concerned about the raising incidents of atrocities on journalists across the country while they were covering Covid-19 amid All India lockdown. NUJ(I) strongly criticize these assaults by Police and demands from the central and state...
by SAMSN Admin | Mar 25, 2020 | Attack, India, Media Rights Violations, Media Rights Violations, Release
The Indian Journalists Union expresses serious concern over reports of harassment and intimidation by police and security personnel of journalists while they are discharging their duties, keeping the public and authorities informed about the coronavirus situation and...
by SAMSN Admin | Mar 18, 2020 | Killing, Media Rights Violations, Pakistan, Release
The body of the journalist Aziz Memon was exhumed on March 15 after a joint investigative team (JIT) found the initial post mortem report ‘unsatisfactory’. Memon was allegedly murdered in Naushero Feroze district on February 16. The International Federation of...
by SAMSN Admin | Mar 16, 2020 | Arrest / Detainment, Censorship, Media Regulations, Media Rights Violations, Pakistan, Release, Right to Information
Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) ordered cable operators to relocate Geo TV’s broadcast on March 13 in apparent retaliation for the network’s coverage of the arrest of its editor in chief. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and...
by SAMSN Admin | Mar 16, 2020 | Arrest / Detainment, Bangladesh, Freedom of Expression, Media Rights Violations, Release
Kurigram based journalist, Ariful Islam was arrested at midnight on March 13 and sentenced within a few hours by a “mobile court”. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) condemns the imprisonment and the dubious use of mobile courts. Bangla Tribune...
by SAMSN Admin | Mar 16, 2020 | Attack, Censorship, Impunity, India, Release
Eight years on since unidentified gunmen fired upon journalist Tongam Rina in Arunchal Pradesh, the country’s media community is speaking out on the abject failures by police and the justice system in India. The International Federation of Journalist (IFJ) and its...
