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Press Statement South Asia: IFJ launches 20th South Asia Press Freedom Report03 May, 2022 To mark World Press Freedom Day on May 3, the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), on behalf of the South Asia Media Solidarity Network (SAMSN), launches its 20th annual South Asia Press Freedom Report entitled Solidarity and Survival: The Story of South Asia. The IFJ’s South Asia Press Freedom Report for 2021-2022 (SAPFR21-22) includes analysis on the situation of press freedom and freedom of expression in each country in the South Asian region. With support from the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO), European Union (EU), Norsk Journalistlag (NJ) and the National Endowment for Democracy (NED), the report highlights the stories of journalists in exile and the battle being waged to maintain digital freedom in South Asia as the media landscape transforms in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic. A total of 210 cases of media rights violations were recorded in the period covered by the report, including 23 journalist lives lost. 131 media workers were detained or jailed in South Asia, a dramatic increase on the 63 arrests recorded this time last year, evidence of authorities’ increasing propensity to silence critical reportage through intimidation, interrogation, and detention. The SAPFR21-22 captures a period of major political and economic upheaval, from the takeover of Afghanistan by the Taliban in August 2021 to the massive democratic protests against the Sri Lankan government in April 2022. The report’s country chapters highlight rising issues of impunity for crimes against journalists, the introduction of stringent media laws, media sustainability, digitalisation and gender-based violence in the media. Despite these challenges, the strong and consistent work of unions and press freedom organisations across South Asia have resulted in a number of positive achievements that have worked to better protect the safety of journalists and their rights at work. The report’s 20th edition features interactive data visualisation for the first time, displaying trends in the numbers and types of media rights violations from 2016 to 2022, categorised by UNESCO’s Journalists’ Safety Indicators (JSIs). The SAPFR21-22 will be formally launched on May 4 at UNESCO’s 2022 World Press Freedom Day celebration for South Asia in Colombo, Sri Lanka, by representatives from the IFJ and its Sri Lankan affiliates. The release of the report coincides with the launch of the IFJ’s global campaign to combat journalist surveillance. On May 3, the IFJ and its affiliates urged international governments and bodies to work together with journalists’ unions to develop strict regulations that ban surveillance of journalists and recognise the inviolability of journalists’ communications. The SAPFR21-22 is now available online: Solidarity and Survival: The Story of South Asia Individual country chapters are also available to download below: Written By The IFJ represents more than 600,000 journalists in 140 countries. For further information contact IFJ Asia-Pacific on +61 2 9333 0946 Find the IFJ on Twitter: @ifjasiapacific Find the IFJ on Facebook: www.facebook.com/IFJAsiaPacific Comments Resources - IFJ South Asia Media Bulletin, November 2022 11/15/2022 Download - GENDER DISPARITY IN PAKISTANI MEDIA-2022 11/09/2022 Download - IFJ South Asia Media Bulletin, October 2022 10/15/2022 Download
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Press Statement हिमाल साउथ एशियन पत्रिका बन्द हुने बारेमा नेपाल प्रेस युनियनको धारणा03 Sep, 2016 दक्षिण एशियाली ‘क्रस–बर्डर पत्रकारिता’ गर्ने हिमाल साउथएशियन पत्रिकाको प्रकाशन स्थगन गरिएको सूचना प्रकाशक ‘द साउथएशिया ट्रष्ट’ निकालेको विषयमा नेपाल प्रेस युनियनको ध्यानाकर्षण भएको छ । ट्रष्टले नेपाल सरकारका सम्बन्धित नियमन निकायहरुको असहयोगको कारण पत्रिका बन्द हुन पुगेको बताएको छ। ट्रष्टले दक्षिण एशियाका अन्य ठाउँका मिडिया र नागरिक समाजलाई जस्तै ठाडो सेन्सरसीप या अन्य खालका हस्तक्षेपबाट नभई ब्यूरोक्रेसीको विभिन्न अंगमार्फत दबाव दिई हिमाल साउथएशियन लाई बन्द गराइएको गम्भिर आरोप लगाइएको छ। २०४६ सालमा प्रजातन्त्र पुनःस्थापना भएपछि नेपाल राज्य दक्षिण एशियामा प्रेस स्वतन्त्रताको हिमायतीको रुपमा अगाडी आएको तथा संविधानले पनि प्रेस तथा अभिव्यक्ति स्वतन्त्रताको पूर्ण प्रत्याभुमति गरेको अवस्थामा विभिन्न वहानामा स्वतन्त्र सञ्चार माध्यमलाई कर्मचारीतन्त्रको प्रयोग गरि बन्द गराइने अवस्थामा पुगेको अनुभुति पत्रिकाका प्रकाशक र सम्पादकीय समुहलाई हुनु अत्यन्तै दुखलाग्दो कुरा हो। खुला समाजलाई वढावा दिनुपर्नेमा संगठित रुपमा त्यसप्रति सरकार र सरकारी संयन्त्रमा रहनेहरु निरन्तर उदासीन हुँदै जानु लोकतन्त्रप्रतिकै खतराको संकेतको रुपमा हामीले लिएका छौ। नेपाल प्रेस युनियन स्वतन्त्र प्रेसको पक्षमा छ र राज्यका तर्फबाट पनि स्वतन्त्र प्रेसलाई फस्टाउने वातावरण बनाइनुपर्छ भन्नेमा विश्वास राख्दछ। साथै देशको कानुनको पालना गर्दै पत्रकारीता गरिरहेका स्वतन्त्र सञ्चारमाध्यमलाई कुनै पनि वहानामा अंकुश लगाइनु हुन्न भन्नेमा पनि आफ्नो स्पष्ट धारणा राख्दै हिमाल साउथएशियन पत्रिका पूर्ववत रुपमा सञ्चालन हुने वातावरणका लागि सरकारसँग आग्रह गर्दछ। Written By Nepal Press Union Anam Nagar, GPO Box No - 19033 Kathmandu, Nepal Telephone: 015244746 Comments Resources - Media Freedom in Sri Lanka- 2020 09/24/2021 Download - Chasing Justice : Study on impunity for crimes against journalists in Maldives 08/22/2021 Download - IFJ South Asia Media Bulletin, August 2021 08/18/2021 Download