by SAMSN Admin | Dec 20, 2019 | Bangladesh, Release
Police in Dhaka, Bangladesh arrested Abul Asad, Editor of Daily Sangram on December 13 after he described an executed opposition leader convicted for war crimes as a “martyr”. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) urge the government of Bangladesh to...
by SAMSN Admin | Dec 17, 2019 | Attack, Media Rights Violations, Release, Sri Lanka
A correspondent for Sri Lanka’s Daily Mirror and Lankadeepa was attacked by club-wielding assailants in his home on December 6. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliates the Free Media Movement (FMM) and the Federation of Media Employees’...
by SAMSN Admin | Dec 11, 2019 | Attack, Impunity, Nepal, Release
Rajendra Prasad Adhikari, correspondent for News24 Television, has allegedly been threatened and abused by the Kaski district police after he reported on the Kaski police’s ‘Gambling Operation’. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliate...
by SAMSN Admin | Dec 9, 2019 | Attack, Nepal, Release
FNJ is seriously concerned over the psychological torture put on Rajendra Prasad Adhikari, Kaski District Correspondent of News 24 television by Kaski District Police head (SP) Dan Bahadur Karki for broadcast of a news in the television . Journalist Adhikari reported...
by SAMSN Admin | Dec 6, 2019 | Afghanistan, Attack, Impunity, Release
A roadside bomb in Helmand province in Afghanistan seriously injured a reporter travelling in a military convoy on November 30, 2019. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliate the Afghan Independent Journalists’ Association (AIJA), call...
by SAMSN Admin | Nov 27, 2019 | Economic pressure, Labour rights, Pakistan, Release
BBC Pakistan terminated the jobs of four employees working in Islamabad and Peshawar, without reason. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliate, the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) strongly rejects the arbitrary termination and...
