by SAMSN Admin | Jan 19, 2021 | Afghanistan, Attack, Media Rights Violations, Release
A mob of nearly a dozen people led by the imam of a local mosque attacked Zohra Radio in north eastern Kunduz province on January 15 damaging the radio’s equipment and vandalizing the office. The International Federation of journalists (IFJ) and its affiliate the...
by SAMSN Admin | Jan 6, 2021 | Arrest / Detainment, Media Rights Violations, Nepal, Release
नेपाल पत्रकार महासंघ काठमाडौं शाखाका सचिव तथा टिभी टुडे टेलिभिजनका कार्यक्रम सञ्चालक मोहन पन्त, महासंघका केन्द्रीय पार्षद तथा सञ्चार खबर डटकम अनलाइनका सम्पादक मानध्वज लामा र आजको नयाँ संश्लेषण मासिकका कार्यकारी सम्पादक शेरबहादुर विश्वकर्मालाई नेपाल प्रहरीको केन्द्रीय...
by SAMSN Admin | Jan 5, 2021 | Access to Information, Censorship, Media Regulations, Media Rights Violations, Release, Sri Lanka
The Free Media Movement (FMM) expresses their grave concern over the tendency to indiscriminately block and impede the right to freedom of expression on social media. During the coronavirus pandemic, arrests were taken to arrest people who had expressed various views...
by SAMSN Admin | Jan 5, 2021 | Afghanistan, Killing, Media Rights Violations, Release
Bismillah Adil Aimaq, an Afghan journalist and human rights activist was killed by unidentified gunmen in Dara-e-Taimoor village in Ghor province of Afghanistan on the first day of 2021. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its local affiliate, the...
by SAMSN Admin | Dec 21, 2020 | Attack, Media Rights Violations, Pakistan, Release
A group of assailants attacked two Abb Takk television journalists on December 18, allegedly in retaliation for stories exposing local mafia operations. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its Pakistan affiliate the Pakistan Federal Union of...
by SAMSN Admin | Dec 21, 2020 | Release
#SouthAsia : Dear Colleagues, Our work was harder than ever in 2020, but enormous efforts and solidarity among unions have helped support jobs and fight for alternative solutions to sustain media and press freedom. 2021 will be another year. May it be filled with even...
