by SAMSN Admin | Apr 22, 2020 | Access to Information, Bangladesh, Censorship, Internet Freedom, Media Regulations, Media Rights Violations, Politics, Release
A politician has accused media workers who shared a story on the alleged misappropriation of Covid-19 relief rice in Bangladesh of breaching the Digital Security Act. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) expresses grave concern over the misuse of the...
by SAMSN Admin | Apr 14, 2020 | Freedom of Expression, India, Media Regulations, Media Rights Violations, Release
The Indian Journalists Union strongly condemns Uttar Pradesh government’s brazen attempt to gag criticism and independent media by filing criminal charges against The Wire and one of its founding Editors and senior journalist Siddharth Varadrajan. Two FIRs filed...
by SAMSN Admin | Apr 8, 2020 | Access to Information, Censorship, Freedom of Expression, Human Rights, India, Internet Freedom, Media Regulations, Media Rights Violations, Politics, Release
A group of 37 national media unions from South Asia as well as global media advocacy and freedom of expression organisations today called for an end to the ongoing communications blockade in Indian-administered Kashmir. The International Federation of Journalists...
by SAMSN Admin | Apr 6, 2020 | Access to Information, Censorship, Media Ownership, Media Regulations, Media Rights Violations, Nepal, Politics, Release
A Kathmandu Press article highlighting an alleged scam involving high level government employee and the sons of the defence minister and the prime minister’s chief advisor was removed from the Kathmandu Press website without their approval. The International...
by SAMSN Admin | Apr 6, 2020 | Censorship, Freedom of Expression, Human Rights, India, Media Regulations, Media Rights Violations, Politics, Right to Information, SAMSN Blog
As Kashmir locks down yet again – this time to contain the coronavirus pandemic – access to the internet can be a matter of life and death, quite literally. Dr Suhail Naik makes a compelling case for restoration of communication facilities to the region. Following the...
by SAMSN Admin | Apr 4, 2020 | Access to Information, Censorship, Human Rights, Internet Freedom, Media Regulations, Media Rights Violations, Politics, Release, Right to Information, South Asia, Trade Union Rights
As the world battles the Covid-19 pandemic under widespread lockdowns and the mass movement of work into an online space, the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and the South Asia Media Solidarity Network (SAMSN) cast a spotlight on government controls...
