by SAMSN Admin | Apr 16, 2020 | Economic pressure, India, Labour rights, Media Rights Violations, Release, Trade Union Rights
The National Union of Journalists (India) NUJ(I) has expressed deep anguish and serious concern over developments in Indian media that include suspension of publications, salary cuts and summery dismissals of working journalists in the wake of COVID 19 pandemic. In...
by SAMSN Admin | Apr 16, 2020 | Economic pressure, India, Labour rights, Media Rights Violations, Release
The Indian Journalists Union calls upon the Indian Newspaper Society, the News Broadcasters Association, Editors Guild of India and Digital News Publishers’ Association to halt and prevent lay-offs of journalists in the midst of the pandemic. While the media industry,...
by SAMSN Admin | Apr 14, 2020 | Attack, Media Rights Violations, Nepal, Release
प्रसारित समाचारको विषयलाई लिएर धनगढी उपमहानगरपालिका वडा नं १ का अध्यक्ष सन्तोष मुडभरीसहित ६ जनाको समुहमा आएका व्यक्तिहरुले कैलालीस्थित रेडियो धनगढी एफएमको कार्यालय परिसरमा प्रवेश गरी आक्रमणको प्रयास गरेको घटनाप्रति नेपाल पत्रकार महासंघकाे गम्भीर ध्यानाकर्षण भएको छ ।...
by SAMSN Admin | Apr 14, 2020 | Freedom of Expression, India, Media Regulations, Media Rights Violations, Release
The Indian Journalists Union strongly condemns Uttar Pradesh government’s brazen attempt to gag criticism and independent media by filing criminal charges against The Wire and one of its founding Editors and senior journalist Siddharth Varadrajan. Two FIRs filed...
by SAMSN Admin | Apr 14, 2020 | Killing, Media Rights Violations, Pakistan, Release
The second post-mortem report of the slain journalist Aziz Memon indicates that he was murdered. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliate the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) condemn the alleged murder and call on the Pakistan...
by SAMSN Admin | Apr 10, 2020 | Freedom of Expression, Release, Sri Lanka
The Free Media Movement emphasizes that racial and religious extremism which surfaces in different facets is a severe challenge and a threat to the collective resolve at a time when a strong, cohesive social determination is mandatory in responding to the COVID-19...
