by SAMSN Admin | Sep 3, 2021 | Afghanistan, Arrest / Detainment, Attack, Harassment, Killing, Media Regulations, Media Rights Violations, Release
Concerns for the state of press freedom and freedom of expression in Afghanistan are escalating following the Taliban militant’s takeover, as mounting attacks and threats against Afghan media and journalists coincide with the United States departure from the country...
by SAMSN Admin | Aug 30, 2021 | Afghanistan, Arrest / Detainment, Media Rights Violations, Missing, Release
Khyber TV reporter Abdul Mateen Achakzai and cameraperson Muhammad Ali were arrested while reporting in Kandahar city in southern Afghanistan on August 25 and released two days later, while another Pakistani journalist Muhammad Iqbal Mengal remains missing. The...
by SAMSN Admin | Aug 26, 2021 | Arrest / Detainment, Release, Sri Lanka
Keerthi Ratnayake, a journalist affiliated with Lanka e News, was arrested on August 14 by Sri Lanka’s government and accused of providing intelligence information to the Indian embassy in Sri Lanka. He was charged under the draconian Prevention of Terrorism Act...
by SAMSN Admin | Aug 25, 2021 | Arrest / Detainment, Media Rights Violations, Release, Sri Lanka
A web journalist has been detained for allegedly giving information to the Indian Embassy in Colombo. A media organisations collective said that Lanka e-News journalist Keerthi Ratnayake had been arrested and had been detained for 90 days. “The editorial board of the...
by SAMSN Admin | May 26, 2021 | Arrest / Detainment, Bangladesh, Media Rights Violations, Release
Al Amin Hossain, the Meherpur district correspondent for Daily Business Bangladesh, was arrested under the Digital Security Act (DSA) for publishing a news report against a political leader last year. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) urges the...
by SAMSN Admin | May 21, 2021 | Arrest / Detainment, Bangladesh, Media Rights Violations, Media Rights Violations, Release
Rozina Islam, an investigative journalist affiliated with Bangla daily Prothom Alo, was harassed, confined in a room by the health ministry and arrested by police for allegedly stealing information and taking photographs of ministry documents. The International...
