by SAMSN Admin | Feb 17, 2016 | Bangladesh, Harassment, Media Rights Violations, SAMSN Blog
“Be the best wherever you go,” this six-word sentence from him, I’m sure, will remain in my memories even if I forcefully bump my head on an oak tree! I spent little over a couple of years working under Mahfuz Anam, the tall and bold editor of The...
by SAMSN Admin | Feb 3, 2016 | Killing, Media Rights Violations, Pakistan, SAMSN Blog
Senior Tribal journalist and former president of Tribal Union of Journalists Zaman Mehsud was shot and killed a day after Pakistani journalists observed International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists in November, 2015. [Since Mehsud’s murder,...
by SAMSN Admin | Nov 25, 2015 | Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Countries, Gender, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, SAMSN Blog, South Asia, Sri Lanka
Today marks, International Day to End Violence Against Women and Girls. Globally, Violence against women and girls remains one of the most serious – and the most tolerated – human rights violations. Female journalists often face threats and violence for simply doing...
by SAMSN Admin | Nov 19, 2015 | Freedom of Expression, Impunity, Media Rights Violations, Missing, Opinion, Reports and Publications, SAMSN Blog, Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka has seen decades of abductions and disappearances by state security agencies. Campaigning against such repressive acts too has become part of our political culture. Enforced and involuntary disappearance of persons has been a permanent feature in Sri Lankan...
by SAMSN Admin | Nov 11, 2015 | India, Internet Freedom, SAMSN Blog
On November 7, 2015 when Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi visited one of the most sensitive states of India, Jammu and Kashmir the journalists present had just one concern, whether they would be able to report the important event and meet the deadline. The...
by SAMSN Admin | Nov 9, 2015 | Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Impunity, India, Maldives, Media Rights Violations, Nepal, Pakistan, SAMSN Blog, Sri Lanka
On November 2, the world marked the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) launched the Global and the Asia-Pacific regional campaigns that will see activities and events to raise awareness...
