by SAMSN Admin | Aug 9, 2018 | Arrest / Detainment, Bangladesh, Media Rights Violations, Release
In a letter to the Prime Minister of Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina, the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), the South Asia Media Solidarity Network (SAMSN) and several journalist organizations in South Asia demanded an end to the media crackdown that has...
by SAMSN Admin | Aug 9, 2018 | Attack, Media Rights Violations, Nepal, Release
नेपाल पत्रकार महासंघ एवं नेपाल प्रेस युनियन पर्वतका अध्यक्ष छविलाल तिवारी र महासंघका पूर्व अध्यक्ष एवं युनियनका संस्थापक ओमप्रसाद घायलमाथि निर्माण व्यवसायी कुश्मा नगरपालिका वडा नं ४ निवासी पुस्कल शर्माले हातपात गरेको घटनाप्रति नेपाल प्रेस युनियनको ध्यानाकर्षण भएको छ।...
by SAMSN Admin | Aug 9, 2018 | Maldives, Media Rights Violations, Missing, SAMSN Blog
“[…] Journalist Rilwan, who is now dead, no doubt, a very regrettable matter,” President Abdulla Yameen said Tuesday, August 7. The callously offhand remark came during a tirade against allegations leveled by his jailed former deputy. The remark was met with...
by SAMSN Admin | Aug 7, 2018 | Attack, Media Rights Violations, Nepal, Release
नेपाल प्रेस युनियन रुपन्देहीका कार्यसमिति सदस्य तथा बुटवल टुडे र वुद्ध टेलिभिजनमा कार्यरत पत्रकार राधेश्याम विश्वकर्मा,कार्यसमितिकै सदस्य तथा अन्नपूर्ण राष्ट्रिय दैनिकमा कार्यरत पत्रकार सलमान खान र खवर साप्ताहिकका सम्पादक दिपक घिमिरेलाई रिपोर्टीङका क्रममा रुपन्देहीमा...
by SAMSN Admin | Aug 6, 2018 | Arrest / Detainment, Attack, Bangladesh, Media Rights Violations, Release
Policemen in plain clothes stormed the house of veteran photojournalist Shahidul Alam in Dhanmondi, Dhaka on the evening of Sunday, August 5, and arrested him, reportedly for a Facebook post about ongoing student demonstrations. The International Federation of...
by SAMSN Admin | Aug 6, 2018 | Attack, Media Rights Violations, Release
Unidentified gunmen fired shots at Express News TV anchor Imran Khan’s house in Lahore, the capital of Punjab Province in north-eastern Pakistan on August 1. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) condemns the incident and urges the authorities to expedite...
