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...
by SAMSN Admin | Aug 12, 2019 | Access to Information, Freedom of Expression, India, Media Rights Violations, News, Politics, Release
The Indian Journalists Union (IJU) expresses grave concern over restrictions imposed on the media and journalists in Kashmir, which is under unprecedented lockdown since August 5. With all means of communication including basic, mobile telephones and internet services...
by SAMSN Admin | Jul 29, 2019 | Access to Information, Censorship, Harassment, Impunity, Media Rights Violations, News, Release, Right to Information, Sri Lanka
A journalist was obstructed from reporting on a Sri Lankan Air Force Commander’s visit to a Buddhist monastery in Kandy on Sunday, July 21. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliates Free Media Movement (FMM) and the Sri Lanka Working...
by SAMSN Admin | Jul 29, 2019 | Access to Information, Censorship, Freedom of Expression, Media Rights Violations, News, Pakistan, Politics, Release
Pakistan’s private broadcaster Geo News was forced off air and its channel number abruptly changed in many parts of the country during Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan’s visit to the US. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) condemns this media blockage...
