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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
