by SAMSN Admin | Oct 13, 2020 | Arrest / Detainment, Media Rights Violations, Pakistan, Release
Nabeel Jakhura and Shabi Al Hassan, the president and assistant vice president of BOL Network respectively, were abducted in Karachi on October 8. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliate the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ)...
by SAMSN Admin | Oct 8, 2020 | Arrest / Detainment, India, Media Rights Violations, Release
Journalist Siddique Kappan has been arrested and booked by the Mathura police in Uttar Pradesh for allegedly instigating communal violence. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its Indian affiliates the Indian Journalists Union (IJU) and National...
by SAMSN Admin | Oct 7, 2020 | India, Media Regulations, Media Rights Violations, Release
The Jammu and Kashmir Police have registered a First Information Report (FIR) on October 4 against a website that published a list of journalists and activists allegedly funded by the Indian government to spread public anxiety. The International Federation of...
by SAMSN Admin | Oct 6, 2020 | Attack, Media Rights Violations, Nepal, Release
नेपाल पत्रकार महासंघका केन्द्रीय सदस्य एवं कान्तिपुर दैनिकका सम्वाददाता अवधेशकुमार झालाई समाचार संकलनका क्रममा प्रहरी उपरीक्षक राजेन्द्र धिमालद्वारा गरिएको दुव्र्यवहार र समाचार संकलनमा रोग लगाएको घटनाप्रति नेपाल पत्रकार महासंघको गम्भीर ध्यानाकर्षण भएको छ । पछिल्लो समय...
by SAMSN Admin | Oct 6, 2020 | Attack, Media Rights Violations, Release, Sri Lanka
Derana TV journalist Indunil Wijenayake was attacked by sand-miners in the Kumbukkan Oya area of Monaragala district on October 3 while reporting on illegal sand mining in the area. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its Sri Lanka affiliate the Free...
by SAMSN Admin | Oct 5, 2020 | Attack, Media Rights Violations, Release, Sri Lanka
The Free Media Movement strongly condemns the attack carried out on the Derana TV journalist Indunil Wijenayake in Monaragala, while he was there to cover an incident of unauthorized sand mining in the Kumbukkan Oya. According to reports we have received, journalist...
