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Sri Lanka : Media associations are paying attention with regard to the arrest of web editor Chathuranga de Silva

by SAMSN Admin | Sep 8, 2020 | Arrest / Detainment, Media Rights Violations, Release, Sri Lanka

Desmond Chathuranga de Silva, the editor of the lankanewsweb.org website, who was arrested on August 31, based on a complaint received by the Computer Crimes Division of the Criminal Investigation Department, was produced in court on 01st September and remanded until...

Sri Lanka: The arrest of Lankanewsweb.org editor Chathuranga Silva: Let’s be vigilant

by SAMSN Admin | Sep 8, 2020 | Arrest / Detainment, Media Rights Violations, Release, Sri Lanka

It has been reported that the editor of Lanka News Web (www.lankanewsweb.org) Desmond Chathuranga de Silva is in remand custody after he had been subjected to questioning by the Computer Crime Unit of the Police Department. It is also reported that the reason for the...

India: Calcutta High Court grants bail to Arambagh TV journalists

by SAMSN Admin | Aug 18, 2020 | Arrest / Detainment, India, Media Rights Violations

Journalists Safikul Islam and Suraj Ali Khan who were arrested on June 9 were granted bail by Calcutta’s High Court on August 14. The International Federation of Journalist (IFJ) and its Indian affiliate the National Union of Journalists – India (NUJ-I) appreciates...

India: IJU Demands immediate release of the editor of the news website The Kashmiriyat Qazi Shibli

by SAMSN Admin | Aug 4, 2020 | Arrest / Detainment, India, Media Rights Violations, Release

Indian Journalists Union (IJU) demanded that the editor of the news website The Kashmiriyat  Qazi Shibli immediately be released from custody. Shibli was detained at the Shergarh police station in Srinagar on July 31 after questioning by the police’s cybercrime...

India: Police detain Kashmiriyat editor Qazi Shibli

by SAMSN Admin | Aug 3, 2020 | Arrest / Detainment, India, Media Rights Violations, Release

Qazi Shibli, the editor of news portal The Kashmiriyat, was detained at Shergarh police station in Srinagar on July 31 following a lengthy interrogation by the cyber police. The International Federation of Journalist (IFJ) and its Indian affiliate, the Indian...

Bangladesh: Blogger Asaduzzaman Noor charged under Digital Security Act

by SAMSN Admin | Jul 30, 2020 | Arrest / Detainment, Bangladesh, Media Regulations, Media Rights Violations, Reaching Out, Release

Bangladesh police are searching for blogger Asaduzzaman Noor, also known as Asad Noor, who is accused of spreading rumours and defaming Islam on Facebook. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) calls on authorities to drop the charges.  The Chhatra League’s...
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