by SAMSN Admin | Oct 5, 2020 | Arrest / Detainment, Media Rights Violations, Nepal, Release
प्रदेश नम्बर ५को प्रस्तावित स्थायी राजधानीको बिरोधमा बुटवलमा भैरहेको प्रदर्शनको समाचार संकलन गरि फर्किदै गर्दा दैनिक न्यूज पोस्ट डटकमकी प्रधान सम्पादक, रेडियो नमस्तेका स्टेसन म्यानेजर एबम रेडियो नेपालकी बुटवल प्रतिनिधि समेत रहेकी नेपाल प्रेस युनियन रुपन्देहीकी...
by SAMSN Admin | Oct 1, 2020 | India, Media Regulations, Media Rights Violations, Release
The government in Karnataka has shutdown Power TV, a private broadcaster, in retaliation for the broadcaster’s reports on corruption allegations against the chief minister Bookanakere Siddalingappa Yediyurappa and his family members. The International Federation of...
by SAMSN Admin | Sep 30, 2020 | Access to Information, Reports and Publications, Sri Lanka, Workshop
Attorney-at-Law Ashwini Natesan Weerabahu presenting an analysis of the results of a study conducted regarding the difficulties and problems faced by various applicants in obtaining information under the Right to Information Act stated that the highest number of...
by SAMSN Admin | Sep 29, 2020 | Attack, India, Media Rights Violations, Release
Kamal Shukla, the editor of Bhumkal Samachar magazine and head of the Patrakar Suraksha Kanoon Sanyukt Sangharsh Samiti, an organisation to protect journalists, was assaulted and threatened by ruling party cadres in the Kanker district of Chhattisgarh. The...
by SAMSN Admin | Sep 28, 2020 | Killing, Media Rights Violations, Pakistan, Release
Pakistani journalist Abid Hussain Abidi, affiliated with local newspaper Jurm-o- Saza, was shot dead in Mandi Bahaudin in the Malikwal district on September 25 by unidentified gunmen. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its Pakistan affiliate the...
by SAMSN Admin | Sep 25, 2020 | Arrest / Detainment, Media Regulations, Media Rights Violations, Pakistan, Release
Ehtisham Kiyani, a reporter for Channel 24 was arrested on false charges for allegedly bearing weapons in Islamabad’s High Court. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its Pakistan affiliate the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) condemn his...