by SAMSN Admin | May 3, 2016 | Bangladesh, Feature, Freedom of Expression, Reports and Publications
“Perhaps it is better to die than to live with your head down,” said Nazimuddin Samad, an atheist blogger. His words were almost prophetic. Samad, 28 a student of law at the Jagannath University in the capital Dhaka, was the most recent victim of the violent rejection...
by SAMSN Admin | Apr 27, 2016 | Bangladesh, Human Rights, Killing, Media Rights Violations, SAMSN Blog
Bangladesh is probably passing through one of its most fragile hours since its inception by walking in a pitch-black tunnel with no ray of light to be seen on either sides. After a brief period of continuous assassinations of foreigners, progressive bloggers, writers...
by SAMSN Admin | Apr 26, 2016 | Arrest / Detainment, Media Rights Violations, Nepal, Release
अख्तियार दुरुपयोग अनुसन्धान आयोगले बरिष्ठ पत्रकार कनकमणि दीक्षितलाई साझा यातायातको अध्यक्षको हैसियत खुलाई आर्थिक अनियमितताको अनुसन्धानका लागि भनी गरेको गिरफ्तारी र त्यसपछिका घटनाक्रमलाई नेपाल पत्रकार महासंघले सूक्ष्मरुपले अनुगमन गरिरहेको छ । महासंघ संवैधानिक निकायले...
by SAMSN Admin | Apr 26, 2016 | Bangladesh, Killing, Media Rights Violations, Release
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins the Bangladesh Manobadhikar Sangbadik Forum (BMSF) condemn the murder of the editor of the country’s first and only LBGTI magazine in Dhaka on April 25. The IFJ demands immediate action from the Bangladeshi...
by SAMSN Admin | Apr 26, 2016 | Arrest / Detainment, Media Rights Violations, Nepal, Release
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliate the Nepal Press Union (NPU) in strongly condemning the arrest of a senior journalist and publisher corruption charges in Kathmandu on Friday, April 22. The IFJ demands the immediate release of the...
by SAMSN Admin | Apr 23, 2016 | Arrest / Detainment, Media Rights Violations, Nepal, Release
हिमाल खबरपत्रिकाका प्रकाशक तथा साझा यातायातका अध्यक्ष कनकमणी दिक्षीतलाई अख्तियार दुरुपयोग अनुसन्धान आयोगले नियन्त्रणमा लिएको विषयमा नेपाल प्रेस युनियनको गम्भिर ध्यानाकर्षण भएको छ। अख्तियारलाई प्राप्त अधिकारको सीमाभित्र रही नागरिक कुनै पनि व्यक्तिलाई नियन्त्रणमा लिएर...