by SAMSN Admin | Aug 13, 2018 | Afghanistan, Attack, Media Rights Violations, Release
Taliban attacks on Ghazni province in Afghanistan saw the incineration of a local radio and television station; and the death of media technician Mohammad Dawood on Sunday, August 12, 2018. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliate the...
by SAMSN Admin | Aug 13, 2018 | Media Rights Violations, Release, Sri Lanka
The President of the Government Medical Officers Association (GMOA) of Sri Lanka has issued a direct threat to a journalist and publicly warned the association was compiling a ‘traitors’ list of journalists’. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its...
by SAMSN Admin | Aug 13, 2018 | Media Rights Violations, Release, Sri Lanka, Threat
The FMM condemns the threatening response shown by the President of the Government Medical Officers Association (GMOA) , to the Sunday Observer Journalist who contacted him to get the views of the Association, to write a feature article about their token strike, held...
by SAMSN Admin | Aug 12, 2018 | Afghanistan, Attack, Media Rights Violations, Release
Taliban burned down Ghaznavian Radio and Television Building after massive attacks on major parts of Ghazni city on third day long arrmed fighting to control provincial capital. During attack on station, the staff of Ghaznvian Radio and Television were not present...
by SAMSN Admin | Aug 10, 2018 | Attack, Media Rights Violations, Nepal, Release
In less than one week, two incidents of journalists being physically attacked in Nepal have raised concerns about safety. Journalists Chhabilal Tiwari and Om Prakash Gayal were attacked in Parbat on August 9; and Radheshyam Biswokarma, Salman Khan and Deepak Ghimire...
by SAMSN Admin | Aug 10, 2018 | Economic pressure, Maldives, Media Rights Violations, Release
The Maldives Broadcasting Commission (MBC) has fined opposition-aligned Raajje TVwith an exorbitant MVR two million (USD 130,000) for live broadcasting a politician’s speech from an opposition demonstration that was deemed defamatory towards President Abdulla Yameen...
