by SAMSN Admin | Jun 19, 2017 | Arrest / Detainment, Media Rights Violations, Nepal, Release
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and the Federation of Nepali Journalists (FNJ) condemn the arrest and 28-hour-detention of two journalists under false charges in Bhimdatt Municipality, Kanchanpur, western Nepal on June 17. The IFJ demands a probe...
by SAMSN Admin | Jun 18, 2017 | Arrest / Detainment, Media Rights Violations, Nepal, Release
The Editor of Manaskhanda Daily, published from Bhimdatt Nagar in Kanchanpur district, Khem Bhandari and the executive editor of the same newspaper Ganesh Bhatt were arrested yesterday by the district police and are still under detention. Federation of Nepali...
by SAMSN Admin | Jun 16, 2017 | Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Internet Freedom, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, Release, South Asia, Sri Lanka
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and the South Asia Media Solidarity Network (SAMSN) express serious concern over the growing trend of internet shutdowns in South Asia and call on governments to stop internet shutdowns. Internet shutdowns is an act...
by SAMSN Admin | Jun 15, 2017 | Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bulletin, India, Maldives, Media Rights Violations, Nepal, Pakistan
Welcome to the monthly e-bulletin of the South Asia Media Solidarity Network (SAMSN). The next bulletin will be sent on July 15, 2017, and your inputs are most welcome. We encourage contributions to let others know your activities; to seek solidarity and support from...
by SAMSN Admin | Jun 15, 2017 | Internet Freedom, Nepal, SAMSN Blog
Ujjwal Acharya muses about how life – professional, social and personal – is utterly cramped in the absence of access to the internet, necessitating a strong pushback to attempts to shut it down. It is almost impossible to think of life without the ubiquitous...
by SAMSN Admin | Jun 14, 2017 | Afghanistan, Attack, Media Rights Violations, Release
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliate the Afghan Independent Journalists Association (AIJA) in condemning the assault on two television journalists in Surkhrud district of Nangrahar province in eastern Afghanistan on June 13. The IFJ...
