by SAMSN Admin | Mar 25, 2019 | Freedom of Expression, Gender, Harassment, India, Internet Freedom, Media Rights Violations, Online Harassment, Release
Indian police have arrested four for stalking and trolling journalist, Barkha Dutt. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliate the Indian Journalists Union (IJU) welcome the arrests and call on authorities to ensure efforts to end the online...
by SAMSN Admin | Mar 14, 2019 | Freedom of Expression, Harassment, India, Release, Threat
The editor and publisher of Shillong Times were fined for contempt of court, while another journalist was threatened with legal action over their reporting. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliate the Indian Journalists Union (IJU) have...
by SAMSN Admin | Mar 12, 2019 | Economic pressure, Freedom of Expression, India, Release, Right to Information
The Indian Journalists Union (UU), the largest and most representative organisation of working joumalists in the country, strongly condemned withholding of state government advertisements to two English dailies, Greater Kashmir and Kashmir Reader based in Srinagar, by...
by SAMSN Admin | Mar 12, 2019 | Access to Information, Freedom of Expression, India, Release, Right to Information, Threat
The Indian Journalists Union (IJU) strongly condemned the threat of the Attorney General K K Venugopal to invoke the archaic and draconian Official Secrets Act, a relic of British colonial rule, against The Hindu for publishing an expose` on Rafale deal based on...
by SAMSN Admin | Feb 15, 2019 | Freedom of Expression, Media Regulations, Nepal, Release
The steps taken by the prime minister KP Oli government to enact laws that regulate individuals who use social media has drawn serious attention of Nepal Press Union. Various clauses of the part 14 of the draft of the bill approved by the Information, Technology and...
by SAMSN Admin | Feb 12, 2019 | Arrest / Detainment, Freedom of Expression, Pakistan, Release
Pakistani journalist, Rizawn Razi was arrested on Saturday, February 9, in Lahore, Pakistan over a series of social media posts. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) strongly criticise the arrest and...
