by SAMSN Admin | Jul 18, 2016 | Bangladesh, Bulletin, Freedom of Expression, Maldives, Media Rights Violations, Nepal, South Asia, Sri Lanka
Welcome to the monthly e-bulletin of the South Asia Media Solidarity Network (SAMSN). The next bulletin will be sent on August 15, 2016, and your inputs are most welcome. We encourage contributions to let others know your activities; to seek solidarity and support...
by SAMSN Admin | Jul 17, 2016 | Censorship, Freedom of Expression, Harassment, India, Media Rights Violations, Release
The Indian Journalists Union (IJU) strongly protested against the Jammu and Kashmir police raids on all newspaper offices in the early hours of Saturday in Srinagar and stopping of printing of their editions and confiscating the already printed papers. Due to the...
by SAMSN Admin | Jul 5, 2016 | Access to Information, Freedom of Expression, Internet Freedom, Release, Right to Information, Sri Lanka
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliates the Free Media Movement (FMM) and the Sri Lanka Working Journalists Association (SLWJA) in welcoming the Right to Information (RTI) bill in Sri Lanka, which was approved unanimously by the...
by SAMSN Admin | Jun 24, 2016 | Bulletin, Freedom of Expression, Media Rights Violations, South Asia
Welcome to the monthly e-bulletin of the South Asia Media Solidarity Network (SAMSN). The next bulletin will be sent on July 15, 2016, and your inputs are most welcome. We encourage contributions to let others know your activities; to seek solidarity and support from...
by SAMSN Admin | Jun 22, 2016 | Censorship, Freedom of Expression, Internet Freedom, Nepal, SAMSN Blog
The Government of Nepal recently approved the Online Media Operation Directives 2016 which grossly violates citizens’ right to freedom of expression and media freedom. It truly reflects government’s attempt to control media. It is quite astonishing that...
by SAMSN Admin | Jun 20, 2016 | Censorship, Freedom of Expression, Internet Freedom, Media Regulations, Nepal, Release
सरकारले अनलाईन सञ्चारमाध्यमको दर्ता, नवीकरण, सञ्चालन र अनुगमनलाई व्यवस्थित गर्न भनी जारी गरेको ‘अनलाईन सञ्चारमाध्यम सञ्चालन निर्देशिका–२०७३’ का कतिपय प्रावधानहरू संविधानले प्रत्याभूत गरेको प्रेस तथा अभिव्यक्ति स्वतन्त्रता र स्वतन्त्र पत्रकारिताका स्थापित मान्यताविपरीत...
