by SAMSN Admin | Mar 16, 2018 | Gender, Pakistan, SAMSN Blog
In order to increase the membership of women in unions, the real purpose of unions must be explained, says Lubna Jerar Naqvi. With the increase in the number of women entering media, we need more women journalists in decision-making positions in unions and media...
by SAMSN Admin | Feb 19, 2018 | Freedom of Expression, Maldives, SAMSN Blog
Maldives is weathering a severe political crisis following the Supreme Court’s February 1 order to release political prisoners and reinstate 12 Members of Parliament. President Abdulla Yameen declared a state of emergency and cracked down on all protests. The media...
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...
by SAMSN Admin | Jan 31, 2018 | Impunity, SAMSN Blog, Sri Lanka
Let us light a lamp for suffering journalists in Sri Lanka to mark three years of the Yaha Palana government, says the Free Media Movement Sri Lankan journalists have suffered in many ways while performing their professional duties and have been demanding that justice...
by SAMSN Admin | Jan 30, 2018 | Impunity, SAMSN Blog, Sri Lanka
For several years, the Free Media Movement (FMM) of Sri Lanka and free expression advocates have dubbed January as “Black January”. This was in the context of a large number of journalists killed, disappeared, assaulted, as well as attacks on media institutions – all...
by SAMSN Admin | Jan 24, 2018 | SAMSN Blog, Sri Lanka
The cartoonist disappeared 8 years ago this day. His wife’s struggle to find him shines a light on Sri Lanka’s dismal record on enforced disappearances, Laxmi Murthy reports. It began like any other day for the Eknaligoda family in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Political...
