by SAMSN Admin | Nov 20, 2016 | Arrest / Detainment, Media Rights Violations, Nepal
समाचारको विषयलाई लिएर सोलुखुम्बु अनलाइनका पत्रकार महेश रानामगरलाई चितवन प्रहरीले पक्राउ गरेको घटनाप्रति नेपाल पत्रकार महासंघको गम्भीर ध्यानाकर्षण भएको छ । चितवनका जीवन थापा र जोयाका विषयमा समाचार लेखेको निहुँमा पत्रकार रानामगरलाई मंसिर ३ गते प्रहरीले पक्राउ गरी चितवन...
by SAMSN Admin | Nov 17, 2016 | Attack, Media Rights Violations, Release, Sri Lanka
While vehemently condemning the attack against journalist Mohammed Geeth in Trincomalee who was carrying out professional work, the Free Media Movement urges the IGP to undertake an independent inquiry on political backing of the incident to punish the perpetrators....
by SAMSN Admin | Nov 15, 2016 | Impunity, India, Media Regulations, SAMSN Blog
Journalists in the central Indian state of Chhattisgarh have been under siege for the past several decades while living and reporting on the conflict between the banned Communist Party of India (Maoist) and the Government of India, with the vast majority of adivasi...
by SAMSN Admin | Nov 14, 2016 | India, Killing, Media Rights Violations, Release
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliates the National Union of Journalists (India) (NUJ) and the Indian Journalists Union (IJU) in deploring the killing of yet another journalist in Bihar six months after the killing of Rajdeo Ranjan,...
by SAMSN Admin | Nov 14, 2016 | Afghanistan, Attack, Media Rights Violations, Release
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins the Afghan Independent Journalists Association (AIJA) in condemning the attack on a radio journalist by police inside a radio station in Firozkoh, central Afghanistan. The IFJ demands immediate action against the...
by SAMSN Admin | Nov 12, 2016 | India, Killing, Media Rights Violations, Release
The Indian Journalists Union (IJU) strongly condemned the murder of Dharmendra Singh, Correspondent of Hindi daily Dainik Bhaskar at Rohtas in Bihar on Saturday morning, 12 November. He was shot dead by three motorcycle borne unidentified assailants while he was...