by SAMSN Admin | Nov 7, 2014 | Afghanistan, Impunity, News
Seven media workers have lost their lives in Afghanistan this year – many as a result in a spike of violence leading up to the April election. In 2014, it is one of the world’s most dangerous places for media workers. On January 23, the body of Noor Ahmad Noori, a...
by SAMSN Admin | Nov 6, 2014 | News, Workshop
Media Rights Monitoring and Advocacy workshop was held in Kabul, Afghanistan on November 5 and 6 as part of the UNDEF South Asia project. The workshop was supported by the Afghan Independent Journalists Association. The workshop was attended by male and female...
by SAMSN Admin | Nov 6, 2014 | Impunity, Maldives, Missing, SAMSN Blog
This week marks 3 months since 28-year-old Maldivian journalist Ahmed Rilwan Abdulla (@moyameehaa) was reported missing to police, after being last seen in the early morning of Friday 8 August. Rilwan, employed by Minivan News, had been working on a number of...
by SAMSN Admin | Nov 6, 2014 | Killing, Media Rights Violations, Pakistan, Release
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliate the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) deplore the brutal assassination of a journalist in Sindh province yesterday and demand the immediate arrest and persecution of the murderers. The IFJ...
by SAMSN Admin | Nov 5, 2014 | Alert, Impunity, Pakistan
Muhammad Nawaz Sharif Prime Minister of the Islamic State of Pakistan Islambad, Pakistan CC: Mr Masood Khan – Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Pakistan Mr Abdul H.A. Hakeem – Officer-in-Charge at UNESCO Islamabad Mr Timo Pakkala – Resident Coordinator...
