Regional Workshop on Digital Campaign Skills: Colombo, Sri Lanka
A regional workshop was held in Colombo, Sri Lanka from July 27 to 28. It gathered digital activists from across South Asia and was hosted locally by the FMM. Journalists from across the region representing IFJ affiliates and SAMSN partners participated in the...
South Asia Media Solidarity Bulletin: July, 2015
Welcome to the monthly e-bulletin of the South Asia Media Solidarity Network (SAMSN). The next bulletin will be sent on August 15, 2015, and your inputs are most welcome. We encourage contributions to let others know what you are doing; to seek solidarity and support...
Taking on the fight for better working conditions
In Nepal, we are still slowly recovering from the disastrous earthquake in April and May. A lot of challenges and opportunities are in front of us. On the one hand, we have to ensure support to more than 1,000 journalists affected by the earthquake, and on the other...
IFJ, UNESCO and UNWomen release report on women journalists across the Asia Pacific
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...
South Asia Media Solidarity Bulletin: June, 2015
Welcome to the monthly e-bulletin of the South Asia Media Solidarity Network (SAMSN). The next bulletin will be sent on July 15, 2015, and your inputs are most welcome. We encourage contributions to let others know what you are doing; to seek solidarity and support...
Nepal Earthquake: Statement by Nepal Int’l Media Partnership
The members of the Nepal International Media Partnership (NIMP) would like to extend their deepest condolences to the people of Nepal for the tragedy they have suffered. We are aware, among other things, of the widespread suffering among journalists, more than 1,000...
Reporting through Nepal’s crisis
Since the Nepal’s devastating earthquake on April 25, the country’s journalists have persevered to continue telling the story for Nepal and its people. “With my home and land now destroyed by the earthquake, my family had turned into squatters. Despite the loss, I did...
South Asia Media Solidarity Bulletin: May 2015
Welcome to the monthly e-bulletin of the South Asia Media Solidarity Network (SAMSN). The next bulletin will be sent on June 15, 2015, and your inputs are most welcome. We encourage contributions to let others know what you are doing; to seek solidarity and support...
The Freedom Frontier: South Asia Press Freedom Report 2014-15 launched
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and the South Asia Media Solidarity Network (SAMSN) today released The Freedom Frontier: Press Freedom in South Asia 2014-15. The 13th annual report on press freedom in the region explores the frontlines shaping and...
Journalist confirmed among the dead in Nepal earthquake
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliates the Federation of Nepali Journalists (FNJ), the Nepal Press Union (NPU) and the National Union of Journalists of Nepal (NUJ) send condolences to the family of Suman Bomjan, a journalist confirmed...
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न्यूनतम पारिश्रमिक निर्धारणबारे नेपाल प्रेस युनियनको धारणा
श्रमजीवी पत्रकारको न्युनतम पारिश्रमिक तोक्ने विषयमा नेपाल सरकारको राजपत्रमा २०७३ असार २८ गते प्रकाशित सूचना तथा सञ्चार मन्त्रालयको सूचनाप्रति नेपाल प्रेस युनियनको ध्यानाकर्षण भएको छ। सूचना तथा सञ्चार मन्त्रालयका सचिव दिनेश कुमार थपलियाका नाममा प्रकाशित सूचनाको दफा (ग)...
न्यूनतम पारिश्रमिक सम्बन्धी प्रेस नोट
नेपाल सरकारले श्रमजीवी पत्रकारको न्यूनतम पारिश्रमिकमा पुनरावलोकन गरी आगामी साउन १ गतेदेखि लागु हुने गरी आज असार २८ गतेको नेपाल राजपत्रमा प्रकाशित गरेकोमा नेपाल पत्रकार महासंघले हार्दिक स्वागत गरेको छ । महासंघका अध्यक्ष डा. महेन्द्र विष्टले महासंघको पहलमा विगत दुइ...
Online Media Directives ill-intended, needs immediate scrapping
The Government of Nepal recently approved the Online Media Operation Directives 2016 which grossly violates citizens' right to freedom of expression and media freedom. It truly reflects government's attempt to control media. It is quite astonishing that the Directives...
अनलाईन निर्देशिकाप्रति नेपाल पत्रकार महासंघको गम्भीर असहमति
सरकारले अनलाईन सञ्चारमाध्यमको दर्ता, नवीकरण, सञ्चालन र अनुगमनलाई व्यवस्थित गर्न भनी जारी गरेको ‘अनलाईन सञ्चारमाध्यम सञ्चालन निर्देशिका–२०७३’ का कतिपय प्रावधानहरू संविधानले प्रत्याभूत गरेको प्रेस तथा अभिव्यक्ति स्वतन्त्रता र स्वतन्त्र पत्रकारिताका स्थापित मान्यताविपरीत...
Nepal introduces repressive directives for online media
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliates the Nepal Press Union (NPU) and the Federation of Nepali Journalists (FNJ) in expressing serious concerns over the recently issued government directives which threatens to undermine press freedom...
अनलाइन मिडिया सञ्चालन निर्देशिका स्वतन्त्र प्रेसको मूल्य र मान्यताविपरित
नेपाल सरकारले मिति २०७२ जेष्ठ ३१ गते पारित गरेको 'अनलाइन मिडिया सञ्चालन निर्देशिका २०७२' को केही लोकतन्त्र र स्वतन्त्र प्रेसको मूल्य र मान्यताविपरितका व्यवस्थाप्रति नेपाल प्रेस युनियनको गम्भीर आपत्ती रहेको छ। निर्देशिकामा सूचना विभागले दर्ता नभएका वा बर्षेनै नविकरण...
Nepali journalist attacked and threatened over reports
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliates the Federation of Nepali Journalists (FNJ) and the Nepal Press Union (NPU) in condemning an attack on a radio journalist in the Solukhumbhu district in eastern Nepal. The IFJ demands immediate...