by SAMSN Admin | Jan 4, 2017 | India, Killing, Media Rights Violations, Release
The National Union of Journalists (India) is shocked over the growing attacks on journalists in Bihar. The latest brutal attack on a journalist, Brajesh Kumar, by about five-six unidentified men at Salkhani village of Bibhutipur distirct is highly condemnable. The...
by SAMSN Admin | Jan 4, 2017 | India, Killing, Media Rights Violations, Release
A senior journalist, Hari Prakash, was found dead in Jharkhand’s Hazaribagh district. The family members of the journalist claimed that he has been murdered. He was missing for the last two days. The police recovered a bottle of poison from the journalist, and...
by SAMSN Admin | Jan 4, 2017 | Bangladesh, Freedom of Expression, SAMSN Blog
In Bangladesh, speaking the truth to power attracts jail sentences, not Pulitzer prizes, says Sam Jahan. Most people I meet in Bangladesh try their best to absorb the fact of my working as a full-time journalist in the country. “But why?” they ask. I have...
by SAMSN Admin | Jan 1, 2017 | Freedom of Expression, Nepal, Release
प्रेस तथा अभिव्यक्ति स्वतन्त्रताको दृष्टिकोणले सन् २०१६ मा विगतका वर्षको तुलनामा केहिहद सुधार भएको पाइएको छ । सन् २०१५ मा तराई मधेश आन्दोलन तथा विभिन्न संघसंगठनको आन्दोलनका कारण मिडियामाथि आक्रमणका घटना अधिक देखिएकोमा विगतको वर्षभन्दा यो वर्ष प्रेस स्वतन्त्रता हनन्का...
by SAMSN Admin | Dec 31, 2016 | Impunity, SAMSN Blog
In 2016, six journalists lost their lives in India and the hitherto unremitting spiral of impunity that shrouds each death is a chilling indicator of the overall state of press freedom in India, touted as the world’s largest democracy. On February 13, 2016, Karun...
