by SAMSN Admin | Nov 4, 2020 | Bangladesh, Freedom of Expression, Impunity, Media Regulations, Media Rights Violations, Release
Four journalists, including and editor and publisher, from Lakshmipur district in South Eastern Bangladesh are the latest media workers to be pursued under Bangladesh’s notorious Digital Security Act (DSA). The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) condemns...
by SAMSN Admin | Oct 21, 2020 | India, Media Regulations, Media Rights Violations, Trade Union Rights
The Jammu and Kashmir administration shut down the Srinagar office of Kashmir Times, one of the leading English-language dailies in the Kashmir Valley, on October 19. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its Indian affiliates Indian Journalists Union...
by SAMSN Admin | Oct 7, 2020 | India, Media Regulations, Media Rights Violations, Release
The Jammu and Kashmir Police have registered a First Information Report (FIR) on October 4 against a website that published a list of journalists and activists allegedly funded by the Indian government to spread public anxiety. The International Federation of...
by SAMSN Admin | Oct 1, 2020 | India, Media Regulations, Media Rights Violations, Release
The government in Karnataka has shutdown Power TV, a private broadcaster, in retaliation for the broadcaster’s reports on corruption allegations against the chief minister Bookanakere Siddalingappa Yediyurappa and his family members. The International Federation of...
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...
