by SAMSN Admin | Oct 13, 2020 | Arrest / Detainment, Media Rights Violations, Pakistan, Release
Nabeel Jakhura and Shabi Al Hassan, the president and assistant vice president of BOL Network respectively, were abducted in Karachi on October 8. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliate the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ)...
by SAMSN Admin | Oct 8, 2020 | Arrest / Detainment, India, Media Rights Violations, Release
Journalist Siddique Kappan has been arrested and booked by the Mathura police in Uttar Pradesh for allegedly instigating communal violence. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its Indian affiliates the Indian Journalists Union (IJU) and National...
by SAMSN Admin | Oct 5, 2020 | Arrest / Detainment, Media Rights Violations, Nepal, Release
प्रदेश नम्बर ५को प्रस्तावित स्थायी राजधानीको बिरोधमा बुटवलमा भैरहेको प्रदर्शनको समाचार संकलन गरि फर्किदै गर्दा दैनिक न्यूज पोस्ट डटकमकी प्रधान सम्पादक, रेडियो नमस्तेका स्टेसन म्यानेजर एबम रेडियो नेपालकी बुटवल प्रतिनिधि समेत रहेकी नेपाल प्रेस युनियन रुपन्देहीकी...
by SAMSN Admin | Sep 25, 2020 | Arrest / Detainment, Media Regulations, Media Rights Violations, Pakistan, Release
Ehtisham Kiyani, a reporter for Channel 24 was arrested on false charges for allegedly bearing weapons in Islamabad’s High Court. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its Pakistan affiliate the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) condemn his...
by SAMSN Admin | Sep 24, 2020 | Arrest / Detainment, Media Regulations, Media Rights Violations, Pakistan, Reaching Out, Release
Journalists Asad Toor, Bilal Farooqi, and Absar Alam have all been charged with sedition between September 11 and September 16 for publishing allegedy ‘objectionable’ and ‘derogatory’ material online. The charges have been set under Pakistan’s sweeping 2016 Prevention...
by SAMSN Admin | Sep 21, 2020 | Arrest / Detainment, India, Media Rights Violations, Reaching Out, Release
Indian Police have arrested journalist Rajeev Sharma over allegations of espionage. Sharma stands accused of passing ‘sensitive information’ to Chinese officials. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its Indian affiliate, the Indian Journalists Union...
