by SAMSN Admin | Dec 17, 2018 | Media Rights Violations, Release, Sri Lanka, Threat
Supporters of the United National Party (UNP) gathered outside the state-owned Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited (ANCL), also known as Lake House, threatening security while demanding the removal of the posters of former President Mahinda Rajapaksa on December...
by SAMSN Admin | Dec 15, 2018 | Media Rights Violations, Sri Lanka, Threat
The Free Media Movement vehemently condemns the behavior of the group gathered in front of Lake House and considers this behavior as a threaten to the media Institution. The Free Media Movement also calls for those responsible to carry out proper investigations into...
by SAMSN Admin | Nov 29, 2018 | Attack, Media Rights Violations, Release, Sri Lanka
Several journalists were assaulted while covering the court appearance of the Chief of Defense Staff Ravindra Wijegunaratne at the Fort Magistrate’s Court, Colombo, Sri Lanka on November 28. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliate the...
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...
