by SAMSN Admin | May 27, 2020 | Attack, Harassment, Media Rights Violations, Release, Sri Lanka
Media reported an incident where Bimal Shyaman, the regional journalist of Hiru, Derana and Swarnavahini Television channels, was intimated and harassed on May 24, 2020 while reporting the Ramazan celebrations of the Atulugama area, which was open to widespread...
by SAMSN Admin | May 26, 2020 | Censorship, India, Media Rights Violations, Pakistan, Release
The governments of India and Pakistan are stand-outs in terms of asking Facebook to reveal information related to user accounts. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), its Pakistan affiliate the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalist (PFUJ) and Indian...
by SAMSN Admin | May 26, 2020 | Arrest / Detainment, Attack, Harassment, India, Media Rights Violations, Release, Threat
As arrests, attacks and harassment of journalists continues over their reports on the government’s administrative failures in handling Covid-19, the National Union of Journalists( India) (NUJ-I) has sent a letter to the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi...
by SAMSN Admin | May 26, 2020 | Nepal, Release
मुलुकभरका लोकतन्त्रवादी सञ्चारकर्मीहरुको एक मात्र साझा संस्था नेपाल प्रेस युनियन यही जेठ १३ गते आफ्नो स्थापनाको २९ औँ वर्षमा प्रवेश गरेको छ । यस अवसरमा सम्पूर्ण सञ्चारकर्मी र प्रेस तथा अभिव्यक्ति स्वतन्त्रताका पक्षधरहरूमा हार्दिक बधाई तथा शुभकामना व्यक्त गर्दछु ।...
by SAMSN Admin | May 26, 2020 | Economic pressure, India, Labour rights, Media Rights Violations, Release, Trade Union Rights
The National Union of Journalists (India) has sought immediate intervention of the Government of India to put a stop to the ongoing large-scale retrenchment of working journalists and other coercive measures of the media houses in the under the belt of COVID19...
by SAMSN Admin | May 26, 2020 | Arrest / Detainment, Attack, India, Media Rights Violations, Release, Threat
One would believe that in a democracy like India, where the freedom of expression is fortified within its Constitution, the freedom of the press to report without fear would be protected. However, facts prove otherwise. When a Nation ensure freedom of the press and...
