by SAMSN Admin | Apr 14, 2020 | Freedom of Expression, India, Media Regulations, Media Rights Violations, Release
The Indian Journalists Union strongly condemns Uttar Pradesh government’s brazen attempt to gag criticism and independent media by filing criminal charges against The Wire and one of its founding Editors and senior journalist Siddharth Varadrajan. Two FIRs filed...
by SAMSN Admin | Apr 10, 2020 | Freedom of Expression, Release, Sri Lanka
The Free Media Movement emphasizes that racial and religious extremism which surfaces in different facets is a severe challenge and a threat to the collective resolve at a time when a strong, cohesive social determination is mandatory in responding to the COVID-19...
by SAMSN Admin | Apr 8, 2020 | Access to Information, Censorship, Freedom of Expression, Human Rights, India, Internet Freedom, Media Regulations, Media Rights Violations, Politics, Release
A group of 37 national media unions from South Asia as well as global media advocacy and freedom of expression organisations today called for an end to the ongoing communications blockade in Indian-administered Kashmir. The International Federation of Journalists...
by SAMSN Admin | Apr 6, 2020 | Censorship, Freedom of Expression, Human Rights, India, Media Regulations, Media Rights Violations, Politics, Right to Information, SAMSN Blog
As Kashmir locks down yet again – this time to contain the coronavirus pandemic – access to the internet can be a matter of life and death, quite literally. Dr Suhail Naik makes a compelling case for restoration of communication facilities to the region. Following the...
by SAMSN Admin | Apr 3, 2020 | Freedom of Expression, Internet Freedom, Media Rights Violations, Nepal, Release
प्रधानमन्त्रीको सचिवालयबाट काठमाडौं प्रेस अनलाइनमा प्रकाशित समाचार हटाउन दबाब दिनुका साथै हटाउन नमानेपछि अनलाइनको सेवा प्रदायक कम्पनीलाई दबाब दिएर उक्त समाचार हटाइएको घटनाप्रति नेपाल पत्रकार महासंघको गम्भीर ध्यानाकर्षण भएको छ । स्वास्थ्य सामग्री खरिदमा भएको...
by SAMSN Admin | Apr 3, 2020 | Freedom of Expression, Internet Freedom, Media Rights Violations, Nepal, Online Harassment, Release
काठमाडौंबाट प्रकाशित हुँदै आएको काठमाडौं प्रेस डटकम (www.kathmandupress.com) मा प्रकासित ‘महंगोमा स्वास्थ्य सामग्री खरिदमा रक्षामन्त्री र प्रधानमन्त्रीका सल्लाहकारका छोराको संलग्नता’ समाचार सम्पादन समूहको जानकारी विना नै न्यूज पोर्टलबाट डिलीट गरिएको विषयमा नेपाल प्रेस...
