by SAMSN Admin | Feb 8, 2018 | Attack, Media Rights Violations, Nepal, Release
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliate the Nepal Press Union (NPU) in condemning the police attack on a journalist in Pokhara, western Nepal on February 6. The IFJ demands action against the police personnel involved. Prakash Dhakal, a...
by SAMSN Admin | Feb 6, 2018 | Attack, Media Rights Violations, Nepal, Release
नेपाल प्रेस युनियनका सदस्य तथा पोखराबाट प्रकाशित हुने आदर्श समाज दैनिकमा कार्यरत पत्रकार प्रकाश ढकालमाथि समाचार संकलनका क्रममा मंगलवार प्रहरीले लाठी प्रहार गरि घाईते बनाएको घटनाप्रति नेपाल प्रेस युनियनको ध्यानाकर्षण भएको छ। पृथ्वीनारायण क्याम्पस पोखराका विद्यार्थी...
by SAMSN Admin | Feb 5, 2018 | Maldives, Media Rights Violations, Release, Threat
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) condemns the statement by a senior political leader calling for the shutdown of a television station amid the unfolding political crisis in the Maldives on February 4. The IFJ demands respect for press freedom in the...
by SAMSN Admin | Feb 2, 2018 | Media Rights Violations, Release, Sri Lanka, Threat
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins the Free Media Movement (FMM), Sri Lanka in condemning the intimidation of two journalists, forcing them to stop covering a political rally in Badulla, Uva Province in central Sri Lanka on January 28. The IFJ...
by SAMSN Admin | Feb 1, 2018 | Killing, Release
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) today launched its full annual report on journalists and media staff killed in 2017, which details the killings of 82 journalists and media staff recorded on the list published on 31 December 2017. Read the full...
by SAMSN Admin | Feb 1, 2018 | Killing, SAMSN Blog, South Asia
Ujjwal Acharya, IFJ’s South Asia co-ordinator reminds us why the IFJ’s annual Killed List is not a macabre roll call from a morgue, but a reminder of why we must ensure that killers of journalists are brought to justice. I monitor press freedom and the media rights...
