by SAMSN Admin | Jun 3, 2019 | Arrest / Detainment, Censorship, Human Rights, Media Rights Violations, News, Sri Lanka
The Free Media Movement is deeply saddened with the injustice Journalist Mohammed Rizvi Maharoof is facing being arrested and taken in to custody on baseless charges., has raised a threat on freedom and safety of media and journalists The Free Media Movement wish to...
by SAMSN Admin | May 14, 2019 | Afghanistan, Impunity, Killing, Media Rights Violations, Release
Mina Mangal, a former correspondent and advisor to the Cultural Commission of the House of Representatives in Kabul, was murdered. Mina Mangal, a former correspondent, poet and author, and now consultant at the House Cultural Commission, at 7:20 am on May 21, went to...
by SAMSN Admin | May 14, 2019 | Afghanistan, Impunity, Killing, Media Rights Violations, Release
Mina Mangal, a former television presenter who is now working as parliamentary adviser, was shot in broad daylight Saturday, May 11, morning in Kabul. She reportedly has received threats and fear of her life. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its...
by SAMSN Admin | May 10, 2019 | Access to Information, Freedom of Expression, Media Ownership, Media Rights Violations, Nepal, Politics, Release, Right to Information
New provisions to the Media Council Act were tabled by the Nepal government on May 9, which will further tighten control on media in the country. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliate the Nepal Press Union (NPU) have strongly criticized...
by SAMSN Admin | May 8, 2019 | Access to Information, Attack, Censorship, Freedom of Expression, India, Media Rights Violations, Release
The National Union of Journalists (India) strongly condemned the incidents took place in different districts of West Bengal during Lok Sabha polling where journalists – reporters, photographers and cameramen – doing their professional duties were brutally beaten...
by SAMSN Admin | May 8, 2019 | Access to Information, Attack, Censorship, Freedom of Expression, India, Media Rights Violations, Release
As India goes to the polls, attacks on journalists in the state of West Bengal were reported on Monday, May 6. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliate the National Union of Journalists (India) have condemned the violence and called on state...
