by SAMSN Admin | Dec 20, 2015 | Freedom of Expression, Nepal, Release
राष्ट्रपति विद्यादेवी भण्डारी विवाहा पञ्चमीको अवसरमा जनकपुरको जानकी मन्दिरमा पुजा अर्चनामा संलग्न भएको विषयलाई लिएर अत्यन्तै निकृष्ट शब्दहरू प्रयोग गरी लाञ्छित गरिएको र सो विषयको समाचार त्यहाँबाट प्रकाशित जनकपुर टुडे दैनिकमा प्रकाशित भएको विषयमा नेपाल पत्रकार महासंघको...
by SAMSN Admin | Dec 15, 2015 | Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bulletin, Freedom of Expression, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
Welcome to the monthly e-bulletin of the South Asia Media Solidarity Network (SAMSN). The next bulletin will be sent on January 15, 2016, and your inputs are most welcome. We encourage contributions to let others know what you are doing; to seek solidarity and support...
by SAMSN Admin | Nov 19, 2015 | Freedom of Expression, Impunity, Media Rights Violations, Missing, Opinion, Reports and Publications, SAMSN Blog, Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka has seen decades of abductions and disappearances by state security agencies. Campaigning against such repressive acts too has become part of our political culture. Enforced and involuntary disappearance of persons has been a permanent feature in Sri Lankan...
by SAMSN Admin | Nov 9, 2015 | Arrest / Detainment, Censorship, Freedom of Expression, Harassment, Maldives, Media Regulations, Media Rights Violations, Release
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliate the Maldives Journalists Association (MJA) in expressing serious concern over the state of press freedom following the declaration of a state of emergency in the Maldives on Wednesday, November 4....
by SAMSN Admin | Oct 16, 2015 | Afghanistan, Attack, Bangladesh, Bulletin, Freedom of Expression, Gender, Harassment, Impunity, India, Killing, Media Rights Violations, Nepal, Pakistan, Reports, Sri Lanka, Threat
Welcome to the monthly e-bulletin of the South Asia Media Solidarity Network (SAMSN). The next bulletin will be sent on November 16, 2015, and your inputs are most welcome. We encourage contributions to let others know what you are doing; to seek solidarity and...
by SAMSN Admin | Oct 2, 2015 | Bangladesh, Freedom of Expression, Killing, Media Rights Violations, News, Threat
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) calls on the Bangladesh Government and the United Nations to take immediate action to ensure the safety and security of journalists, bloggers, writers and activists named on a ‘hit list’ released by the Bangladeshi...