by SAMSN Admin | Feb 12, 2019 | Afghanistan, Human Rights, Impunity, Killing, Media Rights Violations, Release
In an attack on the offices of Radio Hamsada in Telagan, Afghanistan, on February 6, two journalists were killed. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliate the Afghanistan Independent Journalists Association (AIJA) in condemning this brutal...
by SAMSN Admin | Feb 12, 2019 | Arrest / Detainment, Freedom of Expression, Pakistan, Release
Pakistani journalist, Rizawn Razi was arrested on Saturday, February 9, in Lahore, Pakistan over a series of social media posts. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) strongly criticise the arrest and...
by SAMSN Admin | Feb 11, 2019 | Afghanistan, Alert, Impunity, Killing, Media Rights Violations
On the evening of February 5, 2019, gunmen stormed office of local radio station Hamsada in the center of city of Talegan, provincial capital of Takhar Province. The unidentified gunmen killed two employees in their office. The Interior Ministry of Afghanistan...
by SAMSN Admin | Feb 7, 2019 | Attack, India, Media Rights Violations, Release
New Delhi/Hyderabad, February6: The Indian Journalists Union (IJU) has condemned the thrashing of a local journalist in Raipur by the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) functionaries last week and demanded that the government of Chhattisgarh should take against them. It also...
by SAMSN Admin | Feb 7, 2019 | Attack, India, Media Rights Violations, Release
Suman Pandey and Vinod Dongre were attacked as they covered a meeting of officials from the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Raipur, Chhattisgarh on February 2. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliate the Indian Journalists Union...
by SAMSN Admin | Jan 29, 2019 | Censorship, Harassment, Labour rights, Media Rights Violations, Release, Right to Information, Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka journalist Rahul Samantha Hettiarachchi was obstructed from reporting on a protest on January 23, 2019 in Habmantota, southern Sri Lanka. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliate the Free Media Movement (FMM), strongly criticize...
