Internet Freedom
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16 Jun 2017
IFJ, SAMSN call for end to internet shutdowns
By IFJ Asia-Pacific
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and the South Asia Media Solidarity Network (SAMSN) express serious concern over the growing trend of internet shutdowns in South Asia and call on governments to stop internet shutdowns. Internet shut...
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15 Jun 2017
Crucial link
By Ujjwal Acharya
Ujjwal Acharya muses about how life – professional, social and personal – is utterly cramped in the absence of access to the internet, necessitating a strong pushback to attempts to shut it down. It is almost impossible to think of life without t...
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14 Jun 2017
The New Normal Of Living With No Internet In Kashmir
By Arshie Qureshi
Composing an email can sometimes be more than typing and pressing a send button. For over an year now, the meaning of sending and checking emails has changed for me. It means hours of dictation on the phone to any friend who is connected to the inter...
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12 Jun 2017
Invisible bars
By Sam Jahan
On the guise of clamping down on religious extremism, Bangladesh has often shutdown the Internet. But this causes more misinformation and speculation, says Sam Jahan. I had to re-write this essay several times: to remain safe. You may wonder why. I w...
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07 Jun 2017
Royal Kill-Switch
By Prateek Pradhan
Prateek Pradhan, editor-in-chief, baahrakhari.com, recalls the Nepal King’s absolute communication clampdown in Nepal more than a dozen years ago, and discusses the lessons learned. Ujjwal Acharya: In February, 2005, King Gyanendra cut off all comm...
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06 Jun 2017
Tracking Error 404: IFJ-SAMSN Guide to Monitoring Internet Shutdowns Launched
By IFJ Asia-Pacific
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and the South Asia Media Solidarity Network (SAMSN) today launched the Tracking Error 404: IFJ-SAMSN Guide to Monitoring Internet Shutdowns during the ongoing campaign against internet shutdowns in So...
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02 Jun 2017
E-curfews: Killing hope in Kashmir
By Faisul Yaseen
Faisul Yaseen, political editor of the English daily Rising Kashmir published from Srinagar, provides an insider’s view of how error 404 is crushing journalism in Kashmir. Every now and then Kashmir finds itself in an age when Larry Page, Mark Zuck...
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31 May 2017
Internet: Oxygen for Journalism
By Saadullah Akhter
Quetta-based journalist Saadullah Akhter says that internet shutdowns are tantamount to shutting down journalism itself, especially in the remote areas of conflict-prone Balochistan. In the 21st century when the world is virtually a global village an...
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29 May 2017
#JournosAgainstShutdowns: IFJ, SAMSN launch campaign against internet shutdowns
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and the South Asia Media Solidarity Network (SAMSN) today launched a South Asia-wide campaign against internet shutdowns terming them ‘an act against the freedom of expression and press freedom’. ...
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03 May 2017
New Fronts, Brave Voices: Press Freedom in South Asia 2016-17 report released
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and the South Asia Media Solidarity Network (SAMSN) marked World Press Freedom Day 2017 today by releasing “New Fronts, Brave Voices: Press Freedom in South Asia 2016-17”. The 15th edition of the ...