by SAMSN Admin | Apr 7, 2020 | Impunity, Killing, Media Rights Violations, Pakistan, Release
Four men accused of the murder of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl in Pakistan in 2002 were rearrested on April 4, a day after a court controversially overturned their convictions. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliates the...
by SAMSN Admin | Apr 6, 2020 | Access to Information, Censorship, Media Ownership, Media Regulations, Media Rights Violations, Nepal, Politics, Release
A Kathmandu Press article highlighting an alleged scam involving high level government employee and the sons of the defence minister and the prime minister’s chief advisor was removed from the Kathmandu Press website without their approval. The International...
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 4, 2020 | Access to Information, Censorship, Human Rights, Internet Freedom, Media Regulations, Media Rights Violations, Politics, Release, Right to Information, South Asia, Trade Union Rights
As the world battles the Covid-19 pandemic under widespread lockdowns and the mass movement of work into an online space, the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and the South Asia Media Solidarity Network (SAMSN) cast a spotlight on government controls...
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...
