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 | Apr 30, 2015 | Censorship, Freedom of Expression, Maldives, Media Ownership, Release
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliate the Maldives Journalists Association (MJA) condemns the Maldivian government’s moves to take control of the national public broadcaster on April 29 as an attack on the democracy’s press freedom. On...
by IFJ Asia Pacific | Apr 29, 2015 | SAMSN Blog, Sri Lanka
Today officially marks the end of an ambitious 100-day reform period announced by Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena shortly after snatching a surprise victory over former leader Mahinda Rajapaksa in the country’s Jan. 8 presidential vote. Rajapaksa was once...
by SAMSN Admin | Apr 29, 2015 | Nepal, Release
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and the South Asia Media Solidarity Network (SAMSN) give condolences to their Nepalese media colleagues following the earthquake that struck their country on Saturday, April 25. Particularly, today IFJ and SAMSN offer...
by SAMSN Admin | Apr 28, 2015 | Nepal, Release
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliate the Federation of Nepali Journalists (FNJ) and the Nepal Press Union (NPU) in welcoming the sentencing of a mastermind in the brutal murder of a journalist by the District Court Dhanausha, in...
