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...
by SAMSN Admin | Apr 3, 2020 | Freedom of Expression, Internet Freedom, Media Rights Violations, Nepal, Online Harassment, Release
काठमाडौंबाट प्रकाशित हुँदै आएको काठमाडौं प्रेस डटकम (www.kathmandupress.com) मा प्रकासित ‘महंगोमा स्वास्थ्य सामग्री खरिदमा रक्षामन्त्री र प्रधानमन्त्रीका सल्लाहकारका छोराको संलग्नता’ समाचार सम्पादन समूहको जानकारी विना नै न्यूज पोर्टलबाट डिलीट गरिएको विषयमा नेपाल प्रेस...
by SAMSN Admin | Apr 2, 2020 | Media Rights Violations, Missing, Pakistan, Release
Sajid Hussain, a Pakistani journalist granted political asylum in Sweden in 2017, is reported as missing. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliates the Svenska Journalistförbundet (SJF) and the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ)...
by SAMSN Admin | Mar 30, 2020 | Arrest / Detainment, Censorship, Media Regulations, Media Rights Violations, Pakistan, Politics, Release
Azhar-ul Haq Wahid, a reporter with Channel Five TV and the newspaper Khabrain was released on bail after more than two months in jail for criticising the Pakistani government on social media. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliate the...
by SAMSN Admin | Mar 29, 2020 | Harassment, Media Rights Violations, Nepal, Release
इटहरीबाट प्रसारण हुने ऐरिना टेलिभिजनको कार्यक्रमका लागि पछिल्लो समय विश्वभर महामारीको रुपमा फैलिएको कोरोना भाइरस (कोभिड १९) का सम्बन्धमा प्रत्यक्ष कुराकानी गर्न खोज्दा इटहरीका मेयर द्वारिकलाल चौधरीले टेलिभिजनमा कार्यरत सञ्चारकर्मी राजन कट्वालमाथि अपशब्द प्रयोग गरेको...
by SAMSN Admin | Mar 26, 2020 | Attack, Harassment, India, Media Rights Violations, Release
Police have harassed and attacked journalists in Hyderabad and Delhi on alleged breaches of lockdown orders amid the Covid-19 outbreak. The International Federation of Journalist (IFJ) and its India affiliates the Indian Journalists Union (IJU) and the National Union...
