by SAMSN Admin | Apr 13, 2015 | Arrest / Detainment, Harassment, Media Rights Violations, Release, Sri Lanka
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and the Free Media Movement (FMM) condemn the heavy-handed action of Sri Lankan police in charging a freelance journalist on Wednesday, April 8 in Jaffna. The IFJ said this attack on press freedom appeared to be aimed...
by SAMSN Admin | Apr 9, 2015 | Bangladesh, Killing, Media Rights Violations, Release
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) welcomes a breakthrough in the case of a Bangladeshi blogger who was hacked to death in Dhaka last month with murder charges laid against the four men accused of killing the blogger Md Oyasiqur Rahman Babu. With two of...
by SAMSN Admin | Apr 8, 2015 | Censorship, Pakistan, Release
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) is seriously concerned over the reports that the Pakistan government is mulling amendment in a law to empower the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PERMA) for blocking the transmission of TV contents....
by SAMSN Admin | Apr 7, 2015 | Impunity, Killing, Media Rights Violations, Pakistan, Release
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) welcomes the establishment of two judicial tribunals to investigate six journalist murders in the Balochistan province of Pakistan since 2011. According to a statement from the Home Department in Quetta, the provincal...
by SAMSN Admin | Mar 31, 2015 | Bangladesh, Human Rights, Killing, Release
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and the Bangladesh Manobadhikar Sangbadik Forum (BMSF) strongly condemn the murder of blogger Md Oyasiqur Rahman Babu on Monday, March 30 in Dhaka. Three assailants attacked Oyasiqur, 27, on his way to work at a local...
by SAMSN Admin | Mar 30, 2015 | Killing, Media Rights Violations, Nepal, Release
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins the Federation of Nepali Journalists (FNJ) in demanding an immediate investigation into the suspicious death of journalist Ram Prasad Bhattarai ‘Sachin’ in Itahari of Sunsari in eastern Nepal. According to...
