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South Asia: SAMSN members appeal to SAARC countries to provide asylum for Afghan Journalists
Concerns for the state of press freedom and freedom of expression in Afghanistan are escalating following the Taliban militant’s takeover, as mounting attacks and threats against Afghan media and journalists coincide with the United States departure from the country...
Afghanistan: Taliban releases two Pakistani journalists, one remains missing
Khyber TV reporter Abdul Mateen Achakzai and cameraperson Muhammad Ali were arrested while reporting in Kandahar city in southern Afghanistan on August 25 and released two days later, while another Pakistani journalist Muhammad Iqbal Mengal remains missing. The...
PFUJ: Suspected abduction of a Pakistani reporter Muhammad Iqbal Mengal
Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) has shown its deep concern over the suspect abduction of a Pakistani reporter while he was performing his duties in Afghanistan and demanded the Afghan & Pakistan authorities to ensure his safe rescue. A reporter from...
PFUJ: Pakistani reporter Abdul Mateen and Cameraman Muhammad Ali arrested in Afghanistan
Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) has shown its deep concern over the arrest of two Pakistani journalists in Qandhar, Afghanistan and demanded the Pakistan Government to coordinate authorities in Afghanistan to get them free. Two Pakistan journalists...
Afghanistan: Chaos and fear as deadline looms, countries end evacuation efforts
Despite ever growing requests for emergency evacuation from media workers in Afghanistan, a bomb blast at Kabul airport on August 26 has ended vital evacuation efforts for many countries. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its Afghanistan...
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Sri Lanka: Journalist ordered to 90-day detention for alleged intelligence breach
Keerthi Ratnayake, a journalist affiliated with Lanka e News, was arrested on August 14 by Sri Lanka’s government and accused of providing intelligence information to the Indian embassy in Sri Lanka. He was charged under the draconian Prevention of Terrorism Act...
Sri Lanka: Journalist detained for giving information to Indian Embassy
A web journalist has been detained for allegedly giving information to the Indian Embassy in Colombo. A media organisations collective said that Lanka e-News journalist Keerthi Ratnayake had been arrested and had been detained for 90 days. “The editorial board of the...