by SAMSN Admin | Nov 29, 2018 | Arrest / Detainment, Media Rights Violations, Nepal, Release, Threat
Nepal Police arrested Gopal Chand, the editor of an online news portal postpati.com, on November 27 under a cyber law for publishing news about a co-chairman of the ruling party. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliate the Federation of...
by SAMSN Admin | Nov 29, 2018 | Media Rights Violations, Nepal, Release, Threat
नेपाल प्रेस युनियन पूर्व केन्द्रीय महाधिवेशन प्रतिनिधी तथा नेपाल पत्रकार महासंघ कास्की शाखाका कार्यसमिति सदस्य क्रियाशिल पत्रकार कमल पौडेल ‘अथक’ माथि दुर्व्यवहार गर्दै फोनमा समेत धम्की दिइएकाप्रति नेपाल प्रेस युनियनको गम्भीर ध्यानाकर्षण भएको छ । ‘लाखौं रुपैयाँ उठाई...
by SAMSN Admin | Nov 20, 2018 | Impunity, Media Rights Violations, Release, Sri Lanka, Threat
Sri Lanka’s government has transferred police inspector Nishantha Silva, who was investigating several major investigations into attacks on journalists during former president Mahinda Rajapaksha’s tenure out of the Criminal Investigation Department with immediate...
by SAMSN Admin | Aug 13, 2018 | Media Rights Violations, Release, Sri Lanka, Threat
The FMM condemns the threatening response shown by the President of the Government Medical Officers Association (GMOA) , to the Sunday Observer Journalist who contacted him to get the views of the Association, to write a feature article about their token strike, held...
by SAMSN Admin | Jul 25, 2018 | Censorship, Freedom of Expression, Media Rights Violations, Release, Sri Lanka, Threat
Sri Lanka’s Minister for Sustainable Development, Wildlife and Regional Development Sarath Fonseka asked an editor to withdraw a news item posted online accusing an unnamed minister of having links with criminals. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ)...
