by SAMSN Admin | Apr 4, 2020 | Access to Information, Censorship, Human Rights, Internet Freedom, Media Regulations, Media Rights Violations, Politics, Release, Right to Information, South Asia, Trade Union Rights
As the world battles the Covid-19 pandemic under widespread lockdowns and the mass movement of work into an online space, the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and the South Asia Media Solidarity Network (SAMSN) cast a spotlight on government controls...
by SAMSN Admin | Apr 3, 2020 | Freedom of Expression, Internet Freedom, Media Rights Violations, Nepal, Release
प्रधानमन्त्रीको सचिवालयबाट काठमाडौं प्रेस अनलाइनमा प्रकाशित समाचार हटाउन दबाब दिनुका साथै हटाउन नमानेपछि अनलाइनको सेवा प्रदायक कम्पनीलाई दबाब दिएर उक्त समाचार हटाइएको घटनाप्रति नेपाल पत्रकार महासंघको गम्भीर ध्यानाकर्षण भएको छ । स्वास्थ्य सामग्री खरिदमा भएको...
by SAMSN Admin | Apr 3, 2020 | Freedom of Expression, Internet Freedom, Media Rights Violations, Nepal, Online Harassment, Release
काठमाडौंबाट प्रकाशित हुँदै आएको काठमाडौं प्रेस डटकम (www.kathmandupress.com) मा प्रकासित ‘महंगोमा स्वास्थ्य सामग्री खरिदमा रक्षामन्त्री र प्रधानमन्त्रीका सल्लाहकारका छोराको संलग्नता’ समाचार सम्पादन समूहको जानकारी विना नै न्यूज पोर्टलबाट डिलीट गरिएको विषयमा नेपाल प्रेस...
by SAMSN Admin | Apr 2, 2020 | Media Rights Violations, Missing, Pakistan, Release
Sajid Hussain, a Pakistani journalist granted political asylum in Sweden in 2017, is reported as missing. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliates the Svenska Journalistförbundet (SJF) and the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ)...
by SAMSN Admin | Apr 2, 2020 | Access to Information, Censorship, India, Release
The Supreme Court of India ordered media to only refer to, publish and broadcast the official version of the information on the health crisis, citing a need to avoid inaccuracies and widespread panic. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its Indian...
by SAMSN Admin | Apr 2, 2020 | Censorship, India, Release
The Indian Journalists Union expresses grave concern over attempts by the Union government to resort to backdoor censorship of media covering COVID-19 by urging the Supreme Court to issue direction “to prevent fake and inaccurate reporting, whether intended or not,...
