IFJ South Asia Media Bulletin, February 2023 15/02/2023
#SouthAsia : The IFJ’s South Asia Media Bulletin for February 2023 is out! It highlights Black January commemorations in Sri Lanka, Bangladeshi government’s banning of websites, Mis/disinformation in Pakistan and South Asia, and an IFJ fact-checking workshop, among others. We encourage contributions to let others know your activities; to seek solidarity and support from SAMSN members on your campaigns and activities. To contribute, email IFJ’s South Asia Coordinator Umesh Pokharel ([email protected]).
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IFJ South Asia Media Bulletin, December 2022 15/12/2022
#SouthAsia : The IFJ’s South Asia Media Bulletin for December, 2022 is out. It highlights action against gendered violence by SAMSN members, outlines findings from the IFJ’s Killed and Jailed list, and the release of new reports by the FMETU and MJA, a new blog by Indrani Sarkar detailing her lived experiences, and IFJ advocacy in the Maldives among others. We encourage contributions to let others know your activities; to seek solidarity and support from SAMSN members on your campaigns and activities. To contribute, email IFJ’s South Asia Coordinator Umesh Pokharel ([email protected]).
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IFJ South Asia Media Bulletin, November 2022 15/11/2022
#SouthAsia : The IFJ’s South Asia Media Bulletin for November, 2022 is out. It highlights the unchecked impunity for crimes against media workers in South Asia, challenges of Afghan journalists living in Pakistan, Bangladesh High Court’s ruling of non-disclosure of new-sources, Maldives Journalist Association’s six point recommendations to curb impunity for crime against journalists, arrest of people accused of involving in the assault of Indian journalist Ritvik Jeevan Mulik, Ruki Fernando’s blog on impunity for crimes against journalists, IFJ and FES’s joint digital organizing bootcamp in Nepal among others. We encourage contributions to let others know your activities; to seek solidarity and support from SAMSN members on your campaigns and activities. To contribute, email IFJ’s South Asia Coordinator Umesh Pokharel ([email protected]).
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IFJ South Asia Media Bulletin, October 2022 15/10/2022
The IFJ’s South Asia Media Bulletin for October, 2022 is out. It highlights struggle to amend Maldivian Evidence Act, Impact of Digital Security Act on freedom of expression in Bangladesh, Bhutan Media Council’s calls for increased access to government information, Indian state government’s mandatory pre-approval provision regarding book- publication, IFJ’s participation in digital media discussion among other. We encourage contributions to let others know your activities; to seek solidarity and support from SAMSN members on your campaigns and activities. To contribute, email IFJ’s South Asia Coordinator Umesh Pokharel ([email protected]).
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IFJ South Asia Media Bulletin, September, 2022 15/09/2022
The IFJ’s South Asia Media Bulletin for September 2022 is out. It highlights recent challenges to press freedom in Pakistan, continues our coverage of violence and media repression in Afghanistan, the MJA's bid to join the Maldives Trade Union Congress, and discusses union battles and media rights violations from across the Asia-Pacific. We encourage contributions to let others know your activities; to seek solidarity and support from SAMSN members on your campaigns and activities. To contribute, email IFJ’s South Asia Coordinator Umesh Pokharel ([email protected]).
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IFJ South Asia Media Bulletin, August 2022 15/08/2022
The IFJ's South Asia Media Bulletin for August 2022 highlights a year of solidarity with Afghan journalists and media workers under Taliban rule, attacks on press freedom in Sri Lanka under the new president, the ratification of the controversial evidence act in the Maldives and the beginning of new projects across the region under the IFJ's Global Union Strengthening Program, among others. We encourage contributions to let others know your activities; to seek solidarity and support from SAMSN members on your campaigns and activities. To contribute, email IFJ’s South Asia Coordinator Umesh Pokharel ([email protected]).
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IFJ South Asia Media Bulletin, July 2022 15/07/2022
The IFJ's South Asia Media Bulletin for July 2022 highlights the implications of Sri Lanka's political upheaval on the nation's media, the economic crisis for Afghan media workers, Pakistani journalists' protests against media rights violations, the IFJ's project management training, and the arrest of three suspects for the murder of journalists Ahmed Rilwan and Yameen Rasheed, among others. We encourage contributions to let others know your activities; to seek solidarity and support from SAMSN members on your campaigns and activities. To contribute, email IFJ’s South Asia Coordinator Umesh Pokharel ([email protected]).
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IFJ South Asia Media Bulletin, June 2022 15/06/2022
The IFJ South Asia Media Bulletin, June 2022, highlights the mounting incidents of detainment and legal action against journalists in the Jammu and Kashmir region, the formation of the The Federation of Asia-Pacific Journalists, the Taliban's restrictions on female broadcasters in Afghanistan, the the IFJ's Gender Equity and Safety Training in Pakistan, among others. We encourage contributions to let others know your activities; to seek solidarity and support from SAMSN members on your campaigns and activities. To contribute, email IFJ’s South Asia Coordinator Umesh Pokharel ([email protected]).
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IFJ South Asia Media Bulletin, May 2022 15/05/2022
The IFJ South Asia Media Bulletin, May 2022, highlights the survival and solidarity efforts documented in the IFJ's 20th annual South Asia Press Freedom Report, calls for amendments to the Digital Security Act in Bangladesh, continued exploitation of labour rights in Nepal, Pakistan's new action against 'immoral' online content and the release of the Journalists' Association of Bhutan's legal guidebook for journalists, among others. We encourage contributions to let others know your activities; to seek solidarity and support from SAMSN members on your campaigns and activities. To contribute, email IFJ’s South Asia Coordinator Umesh Pokharel ([email protected]).
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IFJ South Asia Media Bulletin, April 2022 16/04/2022
The IFJ South Asia Media Bulletin, April 2022 is out. The IFJ South Asia Media Bulletin, April 2022, highlights respite for Pakistan’s media after the overturn of PECA ordinance, South Asian government’s inclination towards introducing harsh media law, filing of the complaints with ICC over killing of journalist Danish Siddiqui, media restriction in Sri Lanka, controversy over National Broadcasting Rules in Nepal, media rights monitoring of South Asian countries, IFJ blog among others. We encourage contributions to let others know your activities; to seek solidarity and support from SAMSN members on your campaigns and activities. To contribute, email IFJ’s South Asia Coordinator Umesh Pokharel ([email protected]).
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