by SAMSN Admin | May 21, 2021 | Arrest / Detainment, Bangladesh, Media Rights Violations, Media Rights Violations, Release
Rozina Islam, an investigative journalist affiliated with Bangla daily Prothom Alo, was harassed, confined in a room by the health ministry and arrested by police for allegedly stealing information and taking photographs of ministry documents. The International...
by SAMSN Admin | May 17, 2021 | Arrest / Detainment, Bangladesh, Media Regulations, Media Rights Violations, Release
A Jhalakathi court jailed journalist Khalilur Rahman for charges under the Digital Security Act (DSA) on May 11 for an allegedly defamatory post on Facebook. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) condemns the ongoing misuse of draconian legislation to jail...
by SAMSN Admin | May 5, 2021 | Reaching Out, Release, South Asia
As the second wave of the Covid pandemic surges across the South Asia region, journalists remain in the thick of a storm that has surrounded their working lives every day for the past year. In this climate, the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and the...
by SAMSN Admin | May 4, 2021 | Freedom of Expression, India, Reaching Out, Release
On World Press Freedom Day today, the Indian Journalists Union drew the Union government’s urgent attention to the grim fact that over hundred journalists have lost their lives this past year, 45 alone in the second wave of the pandemic across the country. In a...
by SAMSN Admin | May 4, 2021 | Freedom of Expression, Pakistan, Release
Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists and its affiliated regional unions observed World Press Freedom Day on May 3 and held seminars, protests, walks, discussions and candle vigils countywide. The Union leaders said that they would continue their struggle for freedom...
by SAMSN Admin | May 3, 2021 | Reaching Out, Release, South Asia
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) on behalf of the South Asia Media Solidarity Network (SAMSN) will launch the 19th annual South Asia Press Freedom Report entitled “Truth In a Time of Contagion: The Viral Frontline” at 12:30 pm (New Delhi...
