by SAMSN Admin | Feb 12, 2019 | Arrest / Detainment, Freedom of Expression, Pakistan, Release
Pakistani journalist, Rizawn Razi was arrested on Saturday, February 9, in Lahore, Pakistan over a series of social media posts. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) strongly criticise the arrest and...
by SAMSN Admin | Feb 7, 2019 | Attack, India, Media Rights Violations, Release
New Delhi/Hyderabad, February6: The Indian Journalists Union (IJU) has condemned the thrashing of a local journalist in Raipur by the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) functionaries last week and demanded that the government of Chhattisgarh should take against them. It also...
by SAMSN Admin | Feb 7, 2019 | Attack, India, Media Rights Violations, Release
Suman Pandey and Vinod Dongre were attacked as they covered a meeting of officials from the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Raipur, Chhattisgarh on February 2. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliate the Indian Journalists Union...
by SAMSN Admin | Feb 5, 2019 | Access to Information, Impunity, Release, Sri Lanka
The Human Rights Commission is ready to accept any basic information that could be provided in order to commence further inquiries into Assault, Killings and Disappearances of Journalists, Chairperson, Human Rights Commission, Dr. Deepika Udugama says. She stated this...
by SAMSN Admin | Jan 29, 2019 | Censorship, Harassment, Labour rights, Media Rights Violations, Release, Right to Information, Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka journalist Rahul Samantha Hettiarachchi was obstructed from reporting on a protest on January 23, 2019 in Habmantota, southern Sri Lanka. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliate the Free Media Movement (FMM), strongly criticize...
by SAMSN Admin | Dec 31, 2018 | Media Rights Violations, Nepal, Release
सन् २०१८ पनि नेपाल प्रेस जगतका लागि चुनौतिपूर्ण वर्ष रहेको छ । नेपाल पत्रकार महासंघको सञ्चार अनुगमन ईकाइका अनुसार यो वर्ष ५८ वटा प्रेस स्वतन्त्रता हनन्का घटनाहरु भएका छन् । सन् २०१७ मा प्रेस स्वतन्त्रता हननका ७३ वटा घटनाहरु अभिलेख भएका थिए । तुलनात्मक रुपमा यो बर्ष...
