by SAMSN Admin | Jun 15, 2018 | India, Killing, Media Rights Violations, Release
Prominent journalist Shujaat Bukhari, the editor of Rising Kashmir daily, was shot dead outside his newspaper office in Srinagar, India on June 14, 2018 by unidentified gunmen. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliates the Indian...
by SAMSN Admin | Jun 14, 2018 | India, Killing, Media Rights Violations, Release
The Indian Journalists Union (IJU) strongly condemned the assassination of senior journalist and Editor of popular daily Rising Kashmir, Shujaat Bhukari on Thursday evening. According to reports, he was shot dead by unidentified gunmen, suspected to be militants...
by SAMSN Admin | Jun 14, 2018 | Freedom of Expression, Nepal, Release
State-owned Nepal Television shut down a long-running talk show on June 12, allegedly on the direction of Minister for Communication and Information Technology Gokul Prasad Baskota after the host asked him critical questions regarding his property declaration. The...
by SAMSN Admin | Jun 13, 2018 | Harassment, Media Rights Violations, Nepal, Release
नेपाल टेलिभिजनमा विगत १२ वर्षदेखि प्रसारण हुँदै आएको ‘सिधा प्रश्न’ नामक अन्तर्वार्तामूलक कार्यक्रममा कार्यक्रम प्रस्तोता राजु थापाले प्रश्न सोधेकै आधारमा कार्यक्रम नै बन्द गराइएको घटनाप्रति नेपाल पत्रकार महासंघको गम्भीर ध्यानाकर्षण भएको छ । हरेक शनिबार राति ८ः४५ मा...
by SAMSN Admin | Jun 12, 2018 | Bangladesh, Killing, Media Rights Violations, Release
Unknown assailants shot dead writer, blogger and publisher Shahjahan Bachchu in Munshiganj district in central Bangladesh on June 11, 2018. In addition to running his own publishing house Bishakha Prokashoni, Shahjahan Bachchu, 55, was acting editor of weekly Amader...
by SAMSN Admin | Jun 8, 2018 | Harassment, Media Rights Violations, Nepal, Release, Threat
Student leaders from the ruling party harassed and threatened journalists of online news portal hamrakura.com in Kathmandu, Nepal over a news report about a Member of Parliament (MP) and the chairperson of the students union on June 6. The International Federation of...
