by SAMSN Admin | Aug 19, 2019 | Access to Information, Freedom of Expression, India, Internet Freedom, News, Politics, Release, Sri Lanka
See the Sri Lanka Working Journalists Association statement here.
by SAMSN Admin | Aug 19, 2019 | Censorship, Freedom of Expression, Harassment, India, Media Rights Violations, News, Release
The Indian Journalists Union (IJU) has condemned the high handedness of the Meghalaya police to browbeat the news portal Northeast Now to remove a news item and disclose its sources. Worse, the police has asserted that media houses had no journalistic privilege or any...
by SAMSN Admin | Aug 19, 2019 | Access to Information, Freedom of Expression, India, Internet Freedom, Media Regulations, Media Rights Violations, News, Politics, Release, SAMSN Blog
The Kashmir Valley’s connection with the inside and the outside world has been cut — all internet connectivity, cellular, landline, and cable TV services have been snapped. A question mark the size of the Kashmir Valley hangs over its residents who are under an...
by SAMSN Admin | Aug 14, 2019 | Access to Information, Freedom of Expression, India, Internet Freedom, Media Regulations, Media Rights Violations, News, Politics, Release
Communication in and out of the Indian region of Jammu and Kashmir has been blocked since August 4 following changes to the region’s autonomy in India’s Constitution. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliate the Indian Journalist Union (IJU)...
by SAMSN Admin | Aug 13, 2019 | Access to Information, Freedom of Expression, Online Harassment, Politics, Release, Sri Lanka
All media reports recently published by various media stating that the Free Media Movement is supporting multiple presidential candidates are baseless and incorrect. All such published reports are false and misleading. First, there was a news item stating that...
by SAMSN Admin | Aug 12, 2019 | Access to Information, Freedom of Expression, Harassment, Media Rights Violations, News, Release, Sri Lanka
Freedom Media Movement vehemently condemns the threat to journalist K. Prasanna by Palani Digambaram, Minister of Minister of Hill Country New Villages, Infrastructure and Community Development, in connection to an article titled ‘Does the Indian Housing Scheme...
