by SAMSN Admin | Apr 12, 2021 | Harassment, India, Media Regulations, Media Rights Violations, Release
The Indian Journalists Union condemns the Hisar police, Haryana for lodging an FIR against a journalist Rajesh Kundu under charges of “cyber terrorism” and “promoting communal disharmony” for his alleged posts over social media platforms. The action is an impingement...
by SAMSN Admin | Feb 4, 2021 | Harassment, India, Media Regulations, Media Rights Violations, Release
The Indian Journalists Union expresses grave concern over the rising instances of undue haste being shown by Uttar Pradesh government and its Police in targeting journalists and booking them under sedition laws. In past 48 hours, there were two such instances. One,...
by SAMSN Admin | Feb 1, 2021 | Killing, Media Regulations, Media Rights Violations, Pakistan, Release
Ahmad Omar Saeed Sheikh, who was previously convicted in the 2002 murder of Wall Street Journal correspondent Daniel Pearl, is set to walk free after Pakistan’s Supreme Court on ordered his release January 28. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ)...
by SAMSN Admin | Jan 22, 2021 | Arrest / Detainment, India, Media Regulations, Media Rights Violations, Release
A Gujarat court has issued a non-bailable arrest warrant against senior Indian journalist Paranjoy Guha Thakurta following the filing of a defamation case by mining giant the Adani Group. The case pertains to an article Thakurta co-authored about Adani in 2017. The...
by SAMSN Admin | Jan 5, 2021 | Access to Information, Censorship, Media Regulations, Media Rights Violations, Release, Sri Lanka
The Free Media Movement (FMM) expresses their grave concern over the tendency to indiscriminately block and impede the right to freedom of expression on social media. During the coronavirus pandemic, arrests were taken to arrest people who had expressed various views...
by SAMSN Admin | Nov 4, 2020 | Censorship, Freedom of Expression, India, Media Regulations, Media Rights Violations, Release
The National Union of Journalists (India) strongly condemns the illegal arrest of noted journalist and Editor-in-Chief of Republic Media Network Arnab Goswami. The forcible entry of the Mumbai police into the residence of Mr Goswami without serving him any prior...
