by SAMSN Admin | May 31, 2017 | Internet Freedom, Pakistan, SAMSN Blog
Quetta-based journalist Saadullah Akhter says that internet shutdowns are tantamount to shutting down journalism itself, especially in the remote areas of conflict-prone Balochistan. In the 21st century when the world is virtually a global village and the internet has...
by SAMSN Admin | May 29, 2017 | Freedom of Expression, Internet Freedom, Release, South Asia
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and the South Asia Media Solidarity Network (SAMSN) today launched a South Asia-wide campaign against internet shutdowns terming them ‘an act against the freedom of expression and press freedom’. The...
by SAMSN Admin | May 3, 2017 | Access to Information, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Censorship, Freedom of Expression, Gender, Human Rights, Impunity, India, Internet Freedom, Labour rights, Maldives, Media Ownership, Media Rights Violations, Nepal, News, Pakistan, Release, Reports, Reports and Publications, Right to Information, South Asia, Sri Lanka, Trade Union Rights
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and the South Asia Media Solidarity Network (SAMSN) marked World Press Freedom Day 2017 today by releasing “New Fronts, Brave Voices: Press Freedom in South Asia 2016-17”. The 15th edition of the annual report...
by SAMSN Admin | Apr 27, 2017 | India, Internet Freedom, Release
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) expresses serious concerns over the one-month ban on access to 22 social media websites and messaging apps in Jammu and Kashmir, India declared on April 26, 2017. The IFJ demands that the ban order to be immediately...
by SAMSN Admin | Mar 28, 2017 | Internet Freedom, Media Regulations, Nepal, Release
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliates the Federation of Nepali Journalists (FNJ) and the Nepal Press Union (NPU) in expressing serious concern over the issuing of the revised Online Media Directives by the Nepal Government on March 20,...
by SAMSN Admin | Mar 24, 2017 | Internet Freedom, Nepal, Release
नेपाल राजपत्रमा प्रकाशित गरिएको ‘अनलाइन सञ्चारमाध्यम सञ्चालन निर्देशिका २०७३’ प्रति नेपाल प्रेस युनियनको गम्भीर ध्यानाकर्षण भएको छ । युनियनले यस अगाडि गरेको विरोध तथा सरोकारवालाहरुको चासो विपरीत निर्देशिकाको संशोधित रूप सार्वजनिक भएकोमा युनियन रोष प्रकट...
