by SAMSN Admin | Nov 2, 2020 | Impunity, Release, Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka is a country with a history of non-implementation of Justice to crimes against journalists! While it is the responsibility of any government to ensure Justice regarding crimes committed against journalists, the Free Media Movement expresses its apprehension...
by SAMSN Admin | Oct 21, 2020 | India, Media Regulations, Media Rights Violations, Trade Union Rights
The Jammu and Kashmir administration shut down the Srinagar office of Kashmir Times, one of the leading English-language dailies in the Kashmir Valley, on October 19. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its Indian affiliates Indian Journalists Union...
by SAMSN Admin | Oct 15, 2020 | Gender, Pakistan, SAMSN Blog
The severity of online threats has promoted a collective of women journalists in Pakistan to take matters into their own hands, writes Lubna Jerar Naqvi. Attacks on women journalists are common in patriarchal societies like Pakistan with threats ranging from verbal...
by SAMSN Admin | Sep 30, 2020 | Access to Information, Reports and Publications, Sri Lanka, Workshop
Attorney-at-Law Ashwini Natesan Weerabahu presenting an analysis of the results of a study conducted regarding the difficulties and problems faced by various applicants in obtaining information under the Right to Information Act stated that the highest number of...
by SAMSN Admin | Sep 14, 2020 | Attack, Media Rights Violations, Nepal, Release, Threat
समाचारको विषयलाई लिएर धनगढीस्थित दिनेश सञ्चारगृहमा केही व्यक्ति प्रवेश गरी गरिएको आक्रमण र पत्रकार कुटपिटको घटनाप्रति नेपाल पत्रकार महासंघको गम्भीर ध्यानाकर्षण भएको छ । महासंघ कैलाली शाखाका अनुसार धनगढी थुनुवा कक्षभित्रै एक युवकले आत्महत्या गरेको विषयमा प्रकाशित...
by SAMSN Admin | Sep 10, 2020 | Attack, Gender, Harassment, Killing, Media Rights Violations, Online Harassment, Pakistan, Politics, Release
ore than 150 Pakistani women journalists released a statement on September 7 detailing the gender-based attacks that are increasingly impacting their safety and ability to work. Titled ‘Together Against Digital Abuse’, the statement also puts forward a list of demands...
