by SAMSN Admin | May 5, 2020 | Arrest / Detainment, Bangladesh, Media Rights Violations, Release
Shafiqul Islam Kajol, a photojournalist who had been missing for nearly two months, was arrested on World Press Freedom Day, May 3, by Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) who claim that he was found illegally trespassing the border from India. The International Federation...
by SAMSN Admin | May 5, 2020 | Killing, Media Rights Violations, Pakistan, Release
The parents of murdered US journalist Daniel Pearl filed an appeal to the Supreme Court of Pakistan on May 2, a day before the World Press Freedom day, in an effort to reverse the Sindh High Court’s ruling that overturned the convictions of four men in murder of their...
by SAMSN Admin | Apr 30, 2020 | Killing, Media Rights Violations, Missing, Pakistan, Release
Local journalist Saeed Qaisar Inphool Nagar was found hanging in a building in the Kasur district, 40 km from Lahore on April 29. He had been missing since April 27 and was found dead two days later. The International Federation of Journalists ( IFJ) joins with its...
by SAMSN Admin | Apr 28, 2020 | Arrest / Detainment, Censorship, Harassment, Media Rights Violations, Nepal, Release
सरकार नियन्त्रित रेडियो नेपाललाई जनता समाजवादी पार्टीका नेता तथा पूर्व प्रधानमन्त्री डा बाबुराम भट्टराईसँग सोमबार बिहान साँढे ६ बजे लाइभ प्रशारण भएको अन्तरसंवाद कार्यक्रम रेकर्डबाट हटाउन लगाई रेडियो नेपालका कार्यकारी निर्देशकलाई क्षमा माग्न लगाउँदा समेत चित्त नबुझाएको...
by SAMSN Admin | Apr 28, 2020 | Arrest / Detainment, India, Media Rights Violations, Release
Andrew Sam Raja Pandian, the founder of SimpliCity, a bi-lingual news portal in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu is in judicial custody for his reports that were critical of the government’s handling of the Covid-19 pandemic. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ)...
by SAMSN Admin | Apr 27, 2020 | Attack, Bangladesh, Freedom of Expression, Release
Sajal Bhuiyan, the Narsingdi district correspondent for SA Television was punched, kicked and beaten by men wielding batons while collecting information on the alleged relief rice embezzlement in Bangladesh. The International Federation of Journalists condemns the...