by SAMSN Admin | Nov 2, 2020 | Feature, Impunity, India, Release
India, the world’s largest democracy, has a grim record of 55 journalists killed between 2010 and 2020. Of the long list of murders and targeted killings, just one and only one case has been resolved. The remainder lie largely cold, waiting for authorities either...
by SAMSN Admin | Nov 20, 2017 | Afghanistan, Feature, Impunity, Killing, Media Rights Violations, Reaching Out, Release
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliate the Afghan Independent Journalists Association (AIJA) in condemning the suicide attack in Kabul, Afghanistan on Thursday, November 16 that killed a television cameraman and many others. The IFJ...
by SAMSN Admin | Jun 30, 2016 | Feature, Gender, News, Sri Lanka
2012 was still a dangerous time to be a journalist in Sri Lanka. The 27-year civil war ended in May 2009, but the president who oversaw the final stages of the war, Mahinda Rajapaksa, continued to rule over this island nation of 21 million with an iron hand. Sri...
by SAMSN Admin | May 3, 2016 | Afghanistan, Feature, Freedom of Expression, Reports and Publications
The capture of Kunduz province by the Taliban for 15 days in October 2015 caused significant damage to the local media. This was the first time in the 14-year period of the newly-elected government that the Taliban gained control of an important provincial capital....
by SAMSN Admin | May 3, 2016 | Afghanistan, Feature, Freedom of Expression, Reports and Publications
The Afghan capital Kabul has seen many changes from being the ‘graveyard for the media’ to the ‘heart’ of media outlets in the country. Located in the central mountainous region, it covers an area of 4585 square kilometres and divided by 14 districts. With a...
by SAMSN Admin | May 3, 2016 | Bangladesh, Feature, Freedom of Expression, Reports and Publications
“Perhaps it is better to die than to live with your head down,” said Nazimuddin Samad, an atheist blogger. His words were almost prophetic. Samad, 28 a student of law at the Jagannath University in the capital Dhaka, was the most recent victim of the violent rejection...
