by SAMSN Admin | Aug 10, 2018 | Attack, Media Rights Violations, Nepal, Release
In less than one week, two incidents of journalists being physically attacked in Nepal have raised concerns about safety. Journalists Chhabilal Tiwari and Om Prakash Gayal were attacked in Parbat on August 9; and Radheshyam Biswokarma, Salman Khan and Deepak Ghimire...
by SAMSN Admin | Aug 10, 2018 | Freedom of Expression, Meeting, Nepal, Release
नेपाल पत्रकार महासंघ केन्द्रीय समितिको यही साउन २३ र २४ गते बुद्ध जन्मभूमि लुम्बिनीमा महासंघ अध्यक्ष गोविन्द आचार्यको अध्यक्षतामा सम्पन्न केन्द्रीय समितिको बैठकले गरेका निर्णयहरु जानकारीका लागि यो प्रेस विज्ञप्ति जारी गरिएको छ । बैठकका निर्णयहरु १.प्रेस तथा अभिव्यक्ति...
by SAMSN Admin | Aug 10, 2018 | Economic pressure, Maldives, Media Rights Violations, Release
The Maldives Broadcasting Commission (MBC) has fined opposition-aligned Raajje TVwith an exorbitant MVR two million (USD 130,000) for live broadcasting a politician’s speech from an opposition demonstration that was deemed defamatory towards President Abdulla Yameen...
by SAMSN Admin | Aug 9, 2018 | Arrest / Detainment, Bangladesh, Media Rights Violations, Release
In a letter to the Prime Minister of Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina, the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), the South Asia Media Solidarity Network (SAMSN) and several journalist organizations in South Asia demanded an end to the media crackdown that has...
by SAMSN Admin | Aug 9, 2018 | Attack, Media Rights Violations, Nepal, Release
नेपाल पत्रकार महासंघ एवं नेपाल प्रेस युनियन पर्वतका अध्यक्ष छविलाल तिवारी र महासंघका पूर्व अध्यक्ष एवं युनियनका संस्थापक ओमप्रसाद घायलमाथि निर्माण व्यवसायी कुश्मा नगरपालिका वडा नं ४ निवासी पुस्कल शर्माले हातपात गरेको घटनाप्रति नेपाल प्रेस युनियनको ध्यानाकर्षण भएको छ।...
by SAMSN Admin | Aug 9, 2018 | Maldives, Media Rights Violations, Missing, SAMSN Blog
“[…] Journalist Rilwan, who is now dead, no doubt, a very regrettable matter,” President Abdulla Yameen said Tuesday, August 7. The callously offhand remark came during a tirade against allegations leveled by his jailed former deputy. The remark was met with...
