by SAMSN Admin | Jul 10, 2017 | Media Rights Violations, Missing, Pakistan, Release
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) expresses serious concern over the disappearance of a journalist who was picked by a dozen men in plainclothes in the early hours of Sunday, July 9 in Karachi, Pakistan. The IFJ demands urgent action from government to...
by SAMSN Admin | Jul 9, 2017 | Release, Sri Lanka
A contentious situation has arisen in the country on the draft Act on Independent Council for News Media Standards, where the name of the Free Media Movement (FMM) is also being brought up in the debates. Therefore, it is necessary to make the position of the FMM...
by SAMSN Admin | Jul 4, 2017 | Access to Information, Nepal, Release
कीर्तिपुरस्थित अन्तर्राष्ट्रिय क्रिकेट मैदानमा जारी एसियन प्रिमियर लीगको समाचार संकलनमा आज असार १९ गते पुगेका जनता टिभीका पत्रकार मदन ढुंगाना र सुमन चापागाईलाई आयोजक एसियन क्रिकेट फेडरेसनले समाचार संकलनमा रोक लगाएको घटनाप्रति नेपाल पत्रकार महासंघको गम्भीर ध्यानाकर्षण...
by SAMSN Admin | Jun 30, 2017 | Arrest / Detainment, Media Rights Violations, Pakistan, Release
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) expresses serious concern over the arrest of a young journalist in Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan on June 25 for criticising the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on social media. The IFJ demands immediate release of...
by SAMSN Admin | Jun 28, 2017 | Internet Freedom, SAMSN Blog, South Asia
As part of the Campaign Against Internet Shutdowns in South Asia, journalists from five countries in South Asia speak about how internet shutdowns affect freedom of expression and discuss what can be done to counter the phenomenon. Ujjwal Acharya (UA): I had a brief...
by SAMSN Admin | Jun 27, 2017 | India, Media Rights Violations, Release
The National Union of Journalists (India) condemned the Karnataka State Assembly’s action against two journalists in the strongest words and termed the decision as open attack on the freedom of press. In a joint statement the NUJ(I) and its Delhi unit, Delhi...
