by SAMSN Admin | Jul 8, 2020 | Economic pressure, Labour rights, Media Rights Violations, Nepal, Release, Trade Union Rights
कोभिड–१९ को महामारीका समयमा सञ्चार प्रतिष्ठानहरुले श्रमजीवी पत्रकारहरुलाई निष्काशन गर्ने, तलब कटौती गर्ने, बेतलबी बिदामा राख्ने र काम गर्ने वातावरण सृजना नगर्ने जस्ता कार्यविरुद्ध नेपाल पत्रकार महासंघ दबाव र आन्दोलनमा छ । महासंघले उत्पन्न समस्या समाधान गर्नका लागि...
by SAMSN Admin | Jul 7, 2020 | Attack, Bangladesh, Impunity, Media Rights Violations, Release
Shariful Alam Chowdhury, a reporter for the Daily Samakal, was severely assaulted by several members of the local citizen union, the Union Parishad on July 4. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) condemns this incident and calls on Bangladesh authorities...
by SAMSN Admin | Jul 7, 2020 | Gender, Harassment, India, Media Rights Violations, Release, Threat
Rana Ayyub’s social media profiles have been flooded with rape and death threats after she wrote posts about a Kashmiri victim killed by the Indian police. The IFJ has welcomed Mumbai police’s decision to start an investigation immediately and have called...
by SAMSN Admin | Jul 6, 2020 | Killing, Nepal, Release
A DNA test confirmed a body found in November 2019 matched that of Tej Bahadur Khadka, a Bajura-based Radio Budhinanda journalist who went missing on August 27, 2018. The International Federation of Journalists and its affiliate the Federation of Nepali Journalist...
by SAMSN Admin | Jul 6, 2020 | Media Rights Violations, SAMSN Blog, Sri Lanka
Political upheavals in Sri Lanka have given rise to new challenges. To protect media freedom, journalists and media workers must focus on collective action, writes Viranjana Herath. Sri Lanka, a tiny island in the Indian Ocean but unfortunately a large dot on the...
by SAMSN Admin | Jun 28, 2020 | India, Release
The Indian Journalists Union expresses profound concern over government’s latest attempt to rein in the media, this time the biggest news agency PTI through the so-called ‘autonomous’ public service broadcaster Prasar Bharati. It is learnt that the Prasar Bharti has...
