by SAMSN Admin | Oct 17, 2019 | Human Rights, Impunity, India, Killing, Media Rights Violations, Release
Unidentified assailants stabbed and killed Andrah Pradesh journalist K Satyanarayana on October 14 – just a month after his attack in a separate incident. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliates the National Union of Journalists (India)...
by SAMSN Admin | Oct 17, 2019 | Access to Information, India, Internet Freedom, Media Regulations, Release
New Delhi, 16 October: In the case related to press freedom being curtailed in Jammu & Kashmir, the Supreme Court has directed the Government to produce the orders under which it imposed complete clampdown on communications there. The three-member bench was...
by SAMSN Admin | Oct 4, 2019 | Freedom of Expression, Harassment, Human Rights, Media Rights Violations, Nepal, Online Harassment, Release, Threat, Trade Union Rights
Nepali journalist and union leader Ajaya Babu Shiwakoti has been the subject of a campaign of threats and surveillance since publishing an article on an alleged rape by Nepal’s Speaker in Parliament. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliate,...
by SAMSN Admin | Oct 2, 2019 | Access to Information, Censorship, Economic pressure, Freedom of Expression, Labour rights, Pakistan, Release, Trade Union Rights
Pakistan news outlets ARY News and AAJ News have reportedly terminated the jobs of 150 journalists, justifying the mass lay-offs as part of a downsizing strategy. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliate, the Pakistan Federal Union of...
by SAMSN Admin | Oct 2, 2019 | Censorship, Economic pressure, Freedom of Expression, Labour rights, Media Rights Violations, Pakistan, Release, Trade Union Rights
Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) has strongly condemned the downsizing of journalists in ARY News and AAJ News and once again demanded government of Pakistan to take action against this unlawful termination of working journalists in the country. The...
by SAMSN Admin | Oct 2, 2019 | Freedom of Expression, Impunity, India, Internet Freedom, Media Regulations, Media Rights Violations, Politics, Release
The Supreme Court today admitted Indian Journalists Union intervention application in Anuradha Bhasin, Executive Editor of Kashmir Times, writ petition challenging the communication shutdown in Kashmir for violating the freedom of the press guaranteed under Article...
