by SAMSN Admin | Feb 27, 2020 | Attack, India, Media Rights Violations, Release
The Indian Journalists Union (IJU) expresses grave concern over the deliberate targeting and assault of number of media persons covering the widespread violence in the nation’s capital, Delhi since last Sunday. In the mob violence in North East Delhi not only have...
by SAMSN Admin | Feb 25, 2020 | Access to Information, Censorship, Impunity, Media Rights Violations, Pakistan, Release
The International Federation of Journalists(IFJ) and its Pakistan affiliate Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists(PFUJ) call for urgent government action to force Pakistan’s media companies to pay up to 11 months’ worth of unpaid salaries to journalists amid a crisis...
by SAMSN Admin | Feb 14, 2020 | Internet Freedom, Media Regulations, Pakistan, Politics, Release
The Pakistan government has hammered through strict controls to digital content creators throughout 2020. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliate the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) condemn the regulations and urge the...
by SAMSN Admin | Feb 11, 2020 | Arrest / Detainment, Censorship, India, Internet Freedom, Media Rights Violations, Release
The Jammu and Kashmir Police (J&K police) called in two journalists for questioning for publication of a statement by a banned organisation. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliate the Indian Journalists Union (IJU) are concerned by the...
by SAMSN Admin | Feb 11, 2020 | Harassment, India, Media Rights Violations, Release
The Indian Journalists Union condemns the high-handedness of the J&K police in summoning two journalists in Srinagar for questioning for their reporting a press release of the Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF), which called for a shutdown in the Valley on...
by SAMSN Admin | Feb 7, 2020 | India, Release
The Indian government is continuing to ignore a Supreme Court ruling that internet services in Kashmir should be re-established. The court ruled on 10 January that the indefinite shutdown was “impermissible” but services remain suspended. The International Federation...
