by SAMSN Admin | May 14, 2020 | Arrest / Detainment, India, Media Rights Violations, Release
Dhaval Patel, the editor of Gujarati Face of Nation news website, was arrested on May 11 and charged with sedition for publishing a report that alleged Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani may be replaced for mishandling the Covid-19 response. The International...
by SAMSN Admin | May 14, 2020 | Media Rights Violations, Media Rights Violations, Nepal, Release, Threat
नेपाल पत्रकार महासंघका पूर्वकोषाध्यक्ष एवं जनकपुरस्थितरेडियो जनकपुर ९७ मेघाहर्जका सञ्चालक शीतल साहलाई प्रसारित समाचारको विषयलाई लिएर प्रादेशिकअस्पताल जनकपुरका कर्मचारीले भौतिक कारबाहीको धम्की दिइएको घटनाप्रति नेपाल पत्रकारमहासंघको गम्भीर ध्यानाकर्षण भएको छ । महासंघ...
by SAMSN Admin | May 14, 2020 | Arrest / Detainment, India, Media Regulations, Media Rights Violations, Release
National Union of Journalists (NUJ-I) has expressed deep concern over the arrest of an editor of a news portal in Gujarat on concocted sedition charge. As per the newspaper report, Dhaval Patel, editor and owner of news portal – ‘Face of the Nation’...
by SAMSN Admin | May 14, 2020 | Arrest / Detainment, Freedom of Expression, India, Media Rights Violations, Release
The Indian Journalists Union (IJU) expresses grave concern over rising cases of State governments intimidating, harassing and detaining journalists from reporting the truth by misusing the sedition law as well as Disaster Management Act. The IJU demands authorities in...
by SAMSN Admin | May 12, 2020 | Attack, Media Rights Violations, Nepal, Release
Journalist Pawan Yadav was attacked by thugs in Bara district after on May 10, 2020. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its Nepal affiliate, the Nepal Press Union (NPU), condemn the attack and call on authorities to punish the guilty. Yadav, a...
