by SAMSN Admin | Apr 2, 2020 | Censorship, India, Release
The Indian Journalists Union expresses grave concern over attempts by the Union government to resort to backdoor censorship of media covering COVID-19 by urging the Supreme Court to issue direction “to prevent fake and inaccurate reporting, whether intended or not,...
by SAMSN Admin | Apr 1, 2020 | Labour rights, Nepal, Release, Trade Union Rights
विश्वव्यापी महामारीका रुपमा फैलिएको कोरोना भाइरस (कोभिड–१९) को संक्रमणले नेपाल पनि उच्च जोखिममा देखिएपछि नेपाल सरकारले कोरोना भाइरसको संक्रमण थप फैलिन नदिन यही चैत ११ गतेदेखि ‘लकडाउन’ लागु गरेको थियो र आइतबारको मन्त्रिपरिषद् बैठकले ‘लकडाउन’ चैत २५ गतेसम्म लम्ब्याउने...
by SAMSN Admin | Mar 30, 2020 | Arrest / Detainment, Censorship, Media Regulations, Media Rights Violations, Pakistan, Politics, Release
Azhar-ul Haq Wahid, a reporter with Channel Five TV and the newspaper Khabrain was released on bail after more than two months in jail for criticising the Pakistani government on social media. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliate the...
by SAMSN Admin | Mar 29, 2020 | Harassment, Media Rights Violations, Nepal, Release
इटहरीबाट प्रसारण हुने ऐरिना टेलिभिजनको कार्यक्रमका लागि पछिल्लो समय विश्वभर महामारीको रुपमा फैलिएको कोरोना भाइरस (कोभिड १९) का सम्बन्धमा प्रत्यक्ष कुराकानी गर्न खोज्दा इटहरीका मेयर द्वारिकलाल चौधरीले टेलिभिजनमा कार्यरत सञ्चारकर्मी राजन कट्वालमाथि अपशब्द प्रयोग गरेको...
by SAMSN Admin | Mar 26, 2020 | Attack, Harassment, India, Media Rights Violations, Release
Police have harassed and attacked journalists in Hyderabad and Delhi on alleged breaches of lockdown orders amid the Covid-19 outbreak. The International Federation of Journalist (IFJ) and its India affiliates the Indian Journalists Union (IJU) and the National Union...
by SAMSN Admin | Mar 25, 2020 | Attack, Harassment, India, Media Rights Violations, Media Rights Violations, Release
The NUJ(India) is very much concerned about the raising incidents of atrocities on journalists across the country while they were covering Covid-19 amid All India lockdown. NUJ(I) strongly criticize these assaults by Police and demands from the central and state...
