by SAMSN Admin | Jun 22, 2015 | Gender, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Reports and Publications, Sri Lanka
Today, the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), UNESCO and UNWomen, released Inside the News: Challenges and Aspirations for Women Journalists in Asia and the Pacific. The report documents the issue of Gender Equity in the Media Industry throughout the...
by SAMSN Admin | May 3, 2015 | Feature, Freedom of Expression, Reports and Publications, Sri Lanka
The Northern Province, one of the nine provinces of Sri Lanka, was temporarily merged with the Eastern Province between 1988 and 2006. The North Eastern province was a theatre of war between the Government of Sri Lanka and the rebel Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam...
by SAMSN Admin | May 3, 2015 | Feature, Freedom of Expression, India, Reports and Publications
The Indian-administered Kashmir Valley has been reeling under trouble for almost three decades. In late 1989, the armed rebellion that broke out has consumed thousands of human lives so far. Over the past 25 years, media in Jammu and Kashmir has walked on a razor’s...
by SAMSN Admin | May 3, 2015 | Freedom of Expression, Pakistan, Reports and Publications
Formerly the North West Frontier Province, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) is the third largest of Pakistan’s four provinces in terms of its population and economy and has its own provincial government and independent provincial assembly. The Federally Administered Tribal...
by SAMSN Admin | May 3, 2015 | Feature, Freedom of Expression, Pakistan, Reports and Publications
Over the last two decades independent journalism has been difficult in most parts of Pakistan but reporting from Balochistan has been particularly challenging due to multiple threats from various quarters – Baloch nationalists and separatists as well as security and...
by SAMSN Admin | Jan 2, 2015 | Accidental Death, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Killing, Media Rights Violations, Pakistan, Reports and Publications, South Asia, Sri Lanka
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) today said that 118 journalists and media staff were killed in work-related targeted or cross fire incidents in 2014, an increase of 13 killings from last year. 17 more died in road and natural disasters accidents...