by SAMSN Admin | Feb 27, 2020 | Attack, India, Media Rights Violations, Release
The National Union of Journalists (India) and Delhi Journalists Association strongly condemn the incidents of several attacks on media persons covering communal violence rocking in North-East Delhi since sunday. According to the information, a journalist working with...
by SAMSN Admin | Feb 27, 2020 | Attack, India, Media Rights Violations, Release
The Indian Journalists Union (IJU) expresses grave concern over the deliberate targeting and assault of number of media persons covering the widespread violence in the nation’s capital, Delhi since last Sunday. In the mob violence in North East Delhi not only have...
by SAMSN Admin | Feb 21, 2020 | Accidental Death, India
Two people, including a Captain TV journalist were killed in a car accident at Kallankattupudur in Tamil Nadu on February 18. The IFJ is saddened on the death and urges all journalists to remain safe when reporting. B Chandrasekar, 36, who worked as a reporter for...
by SAMSN Admin | Feb 18, 2020 | Arrest / Detainment, Harassment, India, Media Rights Violations
Kamran Yousuf, a multimedia journalist who works with Newsclick, was detained by Pulwana police late in the evening of February 16 and interrogated for several hours. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliate the Indian Journalists Union...
by SAMSN Admin | Feb 17, 2020 | Killing, Media Rights Violations, Pakistan
Aziz Memon, a journalist with Kawish Television Network (KTN) TV and Sindhi-language Daily Kawish was found dead in an irrigation waterway in Mehrabpur in Southern Sindh on February 16. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliate the Pakistan...
by SAMSN Admin | Feb 14, 2020 | Internet Freedom, Media Regulations, Pakistan, Politics, Release
The Pakistan government has hammered through strict controls to digital content creators throughout 2020. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliate the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) condemn the regulations and urge the...