by SAMSN Admin | Oct 6, 2020 | Attack, Media Rights Violations, Release, Sri Lanka
Derana TV journalist Indunil Wijenayake was attacked by sand-miners in the Kumbukkan Oya area of Monaragala district on October 3 while reporting on illegal sand mining in the area. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its Sri Lanka affiliate the Free...
by SAMSN Admin | Oct 5, 2020 | Attack, Media Rights Violations, Release, Sri Lanka
The Free Media Movement strongly condemns the attack carried out on the Derana TV journalist Indunil Wijenayake in Monaragala, while he was there to cover an incident of unauthorized sand mining in the Kumbukkan Oya. According to reports we have received, journalist...
by SAMSN Admin | Oct 5, 2020 | Arrest / Detainment, Media Rights Violations, Nepal, Release
प्रदेश नम्बर ५को प्रस्तावित स्थायी राजधानीको बिरोधमा बुटवलमा भैरहेको प्रदर्शनको समाचार संकलन गरि फर्किदै गर्दा दैनिक न्यूज पोस्ट डटकमकी प्रधान सम्पादक, रेडियो नमस्तेका स्टेसन म्यानेजर एबम रेडियो नेपालकी बुटवल प्रतिनिधि समेत रहेकी नेपाल प्रेस युनियन रुपन्देहीकी...
by SAMSN Admin | Oct 1, 2020 | India, Media Regulations, Media Rights Violations, Release
The government in Karnataka has shutdown Power TV, a private broadcaster, in retaliation for the broadcaster’s reports on corruption allegations against the chief minister Bookanakere Siddalingappa Yediyurappa and his family members. The International Federation of...
by SAMSN Admin | Sep 30, 2020 | Access to Information, Reports and Publications, Sri Lanka, Workshop
Attorney-at-Law Ashwini Natesan Weerabahu presenting an analysis of the results of a study conducted regarding the difficulties and problems faced by various applicants in obtaining information under the Right to Information Act stated that the highest number of...
