by SAMSN Admin | Jun 9, 2020 | Harassment, India, Media Regulations, Media Rights Violations, Release
The Indian Journalists Union expresses profound concern over continuing harassment of journalists through filing of FIRs, be it senior journalist and TV anchor Vinod Dua in Delhi or Uttar Pradesh Fathepur district’s Vivek Mishra and Ajay Bhadauria. Though all three...
by SAMSN Admin | May 21, 2020 | Censorship, Freedom of Expression, India, Media Regulations
New Delhi May 20, 2020: The National Union of Journalists (India) expresses grave concern over rising cases of State governments intimidating, harassing and detaining journalists by misusing the sedition law as well as Disaster Management Act in Uttar Pradesh. NUJ(I)...
by SAMSN Admin | May 15, 2020 | Bangladesh, Media Regulations, Politics, Release
Media workers from Meherpur Pratidin daily are accused of defaming former lawmaker Maqbool Hossain under the Digital Security Act (DSA). The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) call on authorities to drop the charges and review the Digital Security Act....
by SAMSN Admin | May 14, 2020 | Arrest / Detainment, India, Media Regulations, Media Rights Violations, Release
National Union of Journalists (NUJ-I) has expressed deep concern over the arrest of an editor of a news portal in Gujarat on concocted sedition charge. As per the newspaper report, Dhaval Patel, editor and owner of news portal – ‘Face of the Nation’...
by SAMSN Admin | May 6, 2020 | Arrest / Detainment, Bangladesh, Media Regulations, Media Rights Violations
The first five days of May has seen the arrest of five journalists under the draconian Digital Security Act (DSA) over their news articles and Facebook posts. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) expresses its serious concern over the arrests and urges...
by SAMSN Admin | Apr 22, 2020 | Access to Information, Censorship, Human Rights, India, Media Regulations, Media Rights Violations, Politics, Release, Threat
Police in Srinagar filed separate First Information Reports (FIR) against Kashmiri photojournalist Masrat Zahra and journalist Gowhar Geelani and questioned special correspondent Peerzada Ashiq. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliate...
