by SAMSN Admin | Aug 30, 2021 | Afghanistan, Arrest / Detainment, Media Rights Violations, Missing, Release
Khyber TV reporter Abdul Mateen Achakzai and cameraperson Muhammad Ali were arrested while reporting in Kandahar city in southern Afghanistan on August 25 and released two days later, while another Pakistani journalist Muhammad Iqbal Mengal remains missing. The...
by SAMSN Admin | Aug 26, 2021 | Economic pressure, Media Rights Violations, Pakistan, Release
Recent studies by the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) indicate large-scale forced dismissals of journalists from Pakistani media houses and non-payment of media workers arrears is increasing in Pakistan. The IFJ and its Pakistan affiliate, the Pakistan...
by SAMSN Admin | Aug 25, 2021 | Arrest / Detainment, Media Rights Violations, Release, Sri Lanka
A web journalist has been detained for allegedly giving information to the Indian Embassy in Colombo. A media organisations collective said that Lanka e-News journalist Keerthi Ratnayake had been arrested and had been detained for 90 days. “The editorial board of the...
by SAMSN Admin | Jul 14, 2021 | Alert, Labour rights, Media Rights Violations, Pakistan, Release, Reports, Reports and Publications
Despite the existence of a long-established and extensive constitutional and legal framework, Pakistan’s media workers face a redundant and ineffective labour law system that is failing to protect essential worker rights. The International Federation of Journalists...
by SAMSN Admin | May 26, 2021 | Arrest / Detainment, Bangladesh, Media Rights Violations, Release
Al Amin Hossain, the Meherpur district correspondent for Daily Business Bangladesh, was arrested under the Digital Security Act (DSA) for publishing a news report against a political leader last year. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) urges the...
by SAMSN Admin | May 21, 2021 | Arrest / Detainment, Bangladesh, Media Rights Violations, Media Rights Violations, Release
Rozina Islam, an investigative journalist affiliated with Bangla daily Prothom Alo, was harassed, confined in a room by the health ministry and arrested by police for allegedly stealing information and taking photographs of ministry documents. The International...
