by SAMSN Admin | Dec 4, 2018 | Arrest / Detainment, India, Media Rights Violations, Release
Television journalist Kishorchandra Wangkhem was arrested twice and detained for a total of 10 days for a Facebook video criticizing the ruling party, in Imphal, Manipur, India. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliate the Indian...
by SAMSN Admin | Dec 4, 2018 | Arrest / Detainment, India, Media Rights Violations, Release
The Indian Journalists Union (IJU) has strongly condemned the Manipur government for grossly misusing the draconian National Security Act (NSA) to silence criticism. Making a note of the detention of a ‘journalist’ Kishorechandra Wangkhem, under the Act in Imphal on...
by SAMSN Admin | Nov 29, 2018 | Arrest / Detainment, Media Rights Violations, Nepal, Release, Threat
Nepal Police arrested Gopal Chand, the editor of an online news portal postpati.com, on November 27 under a cyber law for publishing news about a co-chairman of the ruling party. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliate the Federation of...
by SAMSN Admin | Sep 11, 2018 | Arrest / Detainment, Media Rights Violations, Nepal, Release
Nepal police arrested the editor of a weekly newspaper from his home in Lalitpur on alleged cybercrime charges over a published news report. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliates the Federation of Nepali Journalists (FNJ) and the Nepal...
by SAMSN Admin | Sep 11, 2018 | Arrest / Detainment, Media Rights Violations, Nepal, Release
समाचार प्रकाशित गरेकै आधारमा खोजतलास साप्ताहिक तथा खोजतलास डटकमका प्रधानसम्पादक राजु बस्नेतलाई अदालतको आदेश लिएर प्रहरीले पुनः नियन्त्रणमा लिएको छ । उनलाई प्रहरीले विद्युतीय कारोबार ऐन अन्तर्गत अनुसन्धान गर्ने भनी काठमाडौं जिल्ला अदालतबाट २०७५।०५।२४ गते पक्राउ...
