by SAMSN Admin | Apr 9, 2020 | Access to Information, Censorship, Harassment, Media Rights Violations, Nepal, Release, Torture
विश्वब्यापी महामारीका रुपमा फैलिइरहेको कोरोना भाइरस (कोभिड १९) को उच्च संक्रमणलाई मध्यनजर गर्दै मुलुक यतिखेर लकडाउनको अवस्थामा छ । यस्तो विषम परिस्थितिमा सम्भावित जोखिमको ख्याल नगरी नागरिकलाई सुसूचित गराउने पेशागत कर्ममा जुटेका पत्रकारमाथि विभिन्न पक्षबाट भइरहेको...
by SAMSN Admin | Apr 9, 2020 | Media Rights Violations, Nepal, Release, Threat
खोटाङको हलेसी तुवाचुङ नगरपालिकाले कोरोना संक्रमणको आशंका गरेका व्यक्तिलाई दुर्छिमस्थित छापडाँडामा क्वारेन्टीनमा राख्ने तयारी गरिरहेका बेला नेपाली कांग्रेस खोटाङका सभापति नरेशकुमार श्रेष्ठले अवरोध गरेको सूचना आए अनुसार चैत्र २३ गते ‘क्वारेन्टीनमा मानिस राख्न कांग्रेस...
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 7, 2020 | Impunity, Killing, Media Rights Violations, Pakistan, Release
Four men accused of the murder of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl in Pakistan in 2002 were rearrested on April 4, a day after a court controversially overturned their convictions. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliates the...
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...
