by SAMSN Admin | Nov 21, 2016 | Freedom of Expression, Maldives, SAMSN Blog
The trial of three Raajje TV journalists, charged with obstructing police officers while covering an opposition protest and a bomb scare, is set to close on November 8. If found guilty, the young reporters face up to a year in jail. Mohamed Wisam, Leevan Ali Naseer...
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 11, 2016 | Impunity, Pakistan, SAMSN Blog
Do you know that only 13 percent of the world population enjoys a free press? According to Freedom House report “Press Freedom in 2016” the safety of journalists is guaranteed in just 13 percent of the world’s population. 41 percent of world’s population has a partly...
by SAMSN Admin | Nov 8, 2016 | Harassment, India, Media Rights Violations, SAMSN Blog
Malini Subramaniam, freelance contributor for online news website Scroll.in, was based in Bastar, Chhattisgarh. She reported on human rights violations perpetrated by the police, security forces and vigilante groups and brought to the fore incidents of sexual violence...
by SAMSN Admin | Oct 28, 2016 | Freedom of Expression, Maldives, SAMSN Blog
The new Anti-defamation Act in the Maldives serves to silence the media community which can face huge fines and imprisonment if found guilty of defamation. “… but after the law, I am not sure,” a blogger from the Maldives told me answering my questions about how long...
by SAMSN Admin | Oct 4, 2016 | Nepal, SAMSN Blog
At the recently concluded conference of investigative journalists, Raksha Kumar discovers that collaborative journalism is possible. It was one of the most surreal moments of my life. I sat in the middle of a football field sized room, decorated with golden motifs of...
