by SAMSN Admin | Feb 1, 2017 | Media Rights Violations, Pakistan, SAMSN Blog
Despite the race for stories, media houses in Pakistan are now putting safety of their staff at a higher footing than ratings, says Lubna Jerar Naqvi. Terrorism and murder are the main causes for media deaths in Pakistan and five media personnel were killed in 2016....
by SAMSN Admin | Jan 8, 2017 | Impunity, SAMSN Blog, Sri Lanka
Eight years after the murder of The Sunday Leader editor Lasantha Wickrematunge, his colleague Dilrukshi Handunnetti remembers all that he stood for: truth, courage, and justice. Way back in 2007, when I was assigned one of the biggest investigative stories I was ever...
by SAMSN Admin | Jan 4, 2017 | Bangladesh, Freedom of Expression, SAMSN Blog
In Bangladesh, speaking the truth to power attracts jail sentences, not Pulitzer prizes, says Sam Jahan. Most people I meet in Bangladesh try their best to absorb the fact of my working as a full-time journalist in the country. “But why?” they ask. I have...
by SAMSN Admin | Dec 31, 2016 | Impunity, SAMSN Blog
In 2016, six journalists lost their lives in India and the hitherto unremitting spiral of impunity that shrouds each death is a chilling indicator of the overall state of press freedom in India, touted as the world’s largest democracy. On February 13, 2016, Karun...
by SAMSN Admin | Dec 23, 2016 | Pakistan, SAMSN Blog
Several international media organizations give their employees basic first-aid training which helps save lives in the field. Pakistani media organizations focus on how to protect oneself in dangerous situations like firing, riots and terror attacks, which is great but...
by SAMSN Admin | Dec 5, 2016 | SAMSN Blog
Priyanka Borpujari analyses the power imbalance inherent in terms like ‘fixer’ and ‘foreign correspondent’. On December 7, 2016, Angel İstek Alcu, the first woman to receive the Martin Adler Prize will be honoured at the Rory Peck Awards ceremony. Her citation says...
