by SAMSN Admin | Sep 8, 2020 | Arrest / Detainment, Media Rights Violations, Release, Sri Lanka
It has been reported that the editor of Lanka News Web (www.lankanewsweb.org) Desmond Chathuranga de Silva is in remand custody after he had been subjected to questioning by the Computer Crime Unit of the Police Department. It is also reported that the reason for the...
by SAMSN Admin | Sep 8, 2020 | Maldives, Release, Trade Union Rights
An extraordinary general meeting of journalists in the Maldives elected a revived Maldives Journalist Association (MJA) executive committee on September 5. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) welcomes the return of the association and calls on...
by SAMSN Admin | Sep 7, 2020 | Attack, Media Rights Violations, Nepal, Release
राष्ट्रिय समाचार समितिका वरिष्ठ समाचारदाता समेत रहनुभएका नेपाल प्रेस युनियनका केन्द्रीय सदस्य राजाराम कार्कीमाथि भएको सांघातिक आक्रमणप्रति नेपाल प्रेस युनियन केन्द्रीय समितिको गम्भिर ध्यानाकर्षण भएको छ । कार्कीलाई सूर्यविनायक नगरपालिका वडा नं १० भक्तपुर निवासी नेपाल...
by SAMSN Admin | Sep 7, 2020 | Attack, Media Rights Violations, Nepal, Release
नेपाल पत्रकार महासंघ काभ्रे शाखाका सदस्य एवं राष्ट्रिय समाचार समितिका वरिष्ठ सम्वाददाता राजाराम कार्कीमाथि भक्तपुरको सूर्यविनायक नगरापालिका–१०घर भई साँगास्थित नेपाल प्रहरीको स्कूलमा शिक्षकको रुपमा कार्यरत उद्धव कार्कीले कुटपिटगरी घाइते बनाएको घटनाप्रति नेपाल पत्रकार...
by SAMSN Admin | Sep 7, 2020 | Killing, Media Rights Violations, Pakistan, Release
Journalist Shaheena Shaheen was shot dead in her home on September 5 in Turbat, Kech in a suspected domestic violence offence. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) along with its Pakistan affiliate, the Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) express their...
by SAMSN Admin | Sep 3, 2020 | Media Rights Violations, Online Harassment, Pakistan, Release
Journalists Ahmad Noorani and Gul Bukhari have received death threats for publishing a news report that is accused of being ‘fake’. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) condemns the threats and urges the Pakistan authorities to investigate the case....
