by SAMSN Admin | Aug 8, 2016 | Bangladesh, Censorship, Freedom of Expression, Media Rights Violations, Release
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins Bangladesh Manobadhikar Sangbadik Forum (BMSF) in expressing serious concerns over arbitrary blocking of 35 news sites. The IFJ demands immediate withdrawal of the imposed blocks and urges the Bangladesh...
by SAMSN Admin | Aug 8, 2016 | Maldives, Media Rights Violations, Missing, SAMSN Blog
On Monday, August 8th, 731 days will have passed since Maldivian journalist and blogger Ahmed Rilwan Abdulla was taken from outside his apartment on the island of Hulhumale’. 609 days would pass before police conceded, last April, that the then 28-year-old had been...
by SAMSN Admin | Aug 4, 2016 | Media Rights Violations, Nepal, Release
नेपाल पत्रकार महासंघ सप्तरी शाखाको कार्यालय भवनमा राजेन्द्र महतो नेतृत्वको सद्भावना पार्टीले अनाधिकृत रूपमा कब्जा गरी पार्टी कार्यालय स्थापना गरेर सञ्चालन गरेको महासंघ सप्तरी शाखाबाट जानकारी पाउँदा महासंघ केन्द्रीय समिति आश्चर्यचकित भएको छ । वैधानिक प्रक्रियाबाट...
by SAMSN Admin | Aug 4, 2016 | Nepal, Release
वरिष्ठ पत्रकार डिल्लीराम निर्भीकको ७८ वर्षको उमेरमा निधन भएका दुखद् खवरले नेपाल पत्रकार महासंघ स्तब्ध भएको छ । केही वर्षदेखि अस्वस्थ रहँदै आउनु भएका निर्भीकको काठमाडौंस्थित निवासमा आज विहान निधन भएको हो । वि. स. १९९५ माघ २ गते इलामको शान्तिपुरमा जन्मेर झापालाई कर्मथलो...
by SAMSN Admin | Aug 2, 2016 | Arrest / Detainment, Harassment, India, Media Rights Violations, Release
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliates the Indian Journalists Union (IJU) and the National Union of Journalists (India) in condemning restrictions imposed on journalists and the detention of two journalists by the police in Kozhikode,...
by SAMSN Admin | Aug 1, 2016 | Maldives, Media Regulations, Media Rights Violations, Release
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliate the Maldives Journalists Association (MJA) in expressing serious concerns over a series of press freedom violations and restrictions to journalists’ rights in the Maldives in recent weeks. The IFJ...