by SAMSN Admin | Nov 27, 2018 | Censorship, Freedom of Expression, Release, Sri Lanka
It is the firm belief of the Federation of Media Employees’ Trade Union that a socio-economic and political crisis of very serious nature is brewing in Sri Lankan polity owing to the calling of snap general elections following the dissolving of parliament and...
by SAMSN Admin | Nov 20, 2018 | Impunity, Media Rights Violations, Release, Sri Lanka, Threat
Sri Lanka’s government has transferred police inspector Nishantha Silva, who was investigating several major investigations into attacks on journalists during former president Mahinda Rajapaksha’s tenure out of the Criminal Investigation Department with immediate...
by SAMSN Admin | Nov 19, 2018 | Impunity, Release, Sri Lanka
The Free Media Movement believes that at a time when the investigation into the crimes against journalists is already in the downturn, the transfer of Inspector of Police (IP) Nishantha Silva of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) will further disrupt the...
