by SAMSN Admin | Nov 13, 2019 | Access to Information, Censorship, Freedom of Expression, Internet Freedom, Media Regulations, Media Rights Violations, Release, South Asia
The ban on internet and communication services in Kashmir has now entered 100 days. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its South Asia affiliates represented by the South Asia Media Solidarity Network (SAMSN) express serious concern over the...
by SAMSN Admin | Nov 1, 2019 | Freedom of Expression, Media Regulations, Media Rights Violations, Pakistan, Release
Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA), the electronic media watchdog in Pakistan barred the television anchors from giving opinion during the talk shows. International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliate the Pakistan Federal Union of...
by SAMSN Admin | Oct 17, 2019 | Access to Information, India, Internet Freedom, Media Regulations, Release
New Delhi, 16 October: In the case related to press freedom being curtailed in Jammu & Kashmir, the Supreme Court has directed the Government to produce the orders under which it imposed complete clampdown on communications there. The three-member bench was...
by SAMSN Admin | Oct 2, 2019 | Freedom of Expression, Impunity, India, Internet Freedom, Media Regulations, Media Rights Violations, Politics, Release
The Supreme Court today admitted Indian Journalists Union intervention application in Anuradha Bhasin, Executive Editor of Kashmir Times, writ petition challenging the communication shutdown in Kashmir for violating the freedom of the press guaranteed under Article...
by SAMSN Admin | Sep 30, 2019 | Access to Information, Censorship, Freedom of Expression, Impunity, India, Internet Freedom, Media Regulations, Media Rights Violations, Release
Indian Journalists Union (IJU) today on the Universal Access to Information Day reiterates its concern at the continued internet and communication shut down in Kashmir valley. The government of India is increasingly blocking internet to stop organizing protests...
by SAMSN Admin | Sep 23, 2019 | Censorship, Freedom of Expression, Harassment, Human Rights, Media Regulations, Media Rights Violations, Pakistan, Release
An adviser to Pakistan’s Prime Minister has started issuing threats to senior journalists for opposing its policies and proposed media tribunals and courts. A senior Pakistani activist, journalist and political analyst, Arif Hameed Bhatti has received serious threats...
