by SAMSN Admin | Feb 11, 2019 | Afghanistan, Alert, Impunity, Killing, Media Rights Violations
On the evening of February 5, 2019, gunmen stormed office of local radio station Hamsada in the center of city of Talegan, provincial capital of Takhar Province. The unidentified gunmen killed two employees in their office. The Interior Ministry of Afghanistan...
by SAMSN Admin | Feb 7, 2019 | Attack, India, Media Rights Violations, Release
New Delhi/Hyderabad, February6: The Indian Journalists Union (IJU) has condemned the thrashing of a local journalist in Raipur by the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) functionaries last week and demanded that the government of Chhattisgarh should take against them. It also...
by SAMSN Admin | Feb 7, 2019 | Attack, India, Media Rights Violations, Release
Suman Pandey and Vinod Dongre were attacked as they covered a meeting of officials from the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Raipur, Chhattisgarh on February 2. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliate the Indian Journalists Union...
by SAMSN Admin | Jan 29, 2019 | Censorship, Harassment, Labour rights, Media Rights Violations, Release, Right to Information, Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka journalist Rahul Samantha Hettiarachchi was obstructed from reporting on a protest on January 23, 2019 in Habmantota, southern Sri Lanka. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliate the Free Media Movement (FMM), strongly criticize...
by SAMSN Admin | Dec 31, 2018 | Media Rights Violations, Nepal, Release
सन् २०१८ पनि नेपाल प्रेस जगतका लागि चुनौतिपूर्ण वर्ष रहेको छ । नेपाल पत्रकार महासंघको सञ्चार अनुगमन ईकाइका अनुसार यो वर्ष ५८ वटा प्रेस स्वतन्त्रता हनन्का घटनाहरु भएका छन् । सन् २०१७ मा प्रेस स्वतन्त्रता हननका ७३ वटा घटनाहरु अभिलेख भएका थिए । तुलनात्मक रुपमा यो बर्ष...
by SAMSN Admin | Dec 24, 2018 | Arrest / Detainment, India, Media Rights Violations, Release
Journalist Kishorechandra Wangkhem was jailed for a year under the National Security Act (NSA) on December 13 for his Facebook video criticising the state and federal governments Imphal, Manipur state of India. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins...
