by SAMSN Admin | Apr 23, 2021 | Access to Information, Arrest / Detainment, Bangladesh, Censorship, Harassment, Human Rights, Media Rights Violations, Release
Abu Tayyab, a senior television journalist, was arrested by police on April 20 under the controversial Digital Security Act (DSA) for writing social media posts about alleged corruption by Khulna City Corporation (KCC) mayor, Talukder Abdul Khaleque. The International...
by SAMSN Admin | Apr 11, 2021 | Arrest / Detainment, Attack, Media Rights Violations, Media Rights Violations, Release, Sri Lanka
The Free Media Movement strongly condemns the arrest and assault of Malika Abeykoon, a freelance journalist and photographer, considering it as a heinous act of the police. Malika Abeykoon has been arrested by the Maradana Police during a health workers protest rally...
by SAMSN Admin | Mar 25, 2021 | Media Rights Violations, Release, Sri Lanka
The statement made by President Gotabhaya Rajapaksa regarding the media, while participating in a “Discussion with the village” programme held on March 20 in the Yombuweltenna village in the Walapane Divisional Secretariat Division of the Nuwara Eliya District, gives...
by SAMSN Admin | Mar 16, 2021 | Access to Information, Censorship, Freedom of Expression, Media Rights Violations, Release, Sri Lanka
The Free Media Movement in its letter to the Secretary of the Ministry of Mass Media and Information vehemently objected to the structural reforms and reorganising of the Press Council Law, which is nearly 50 years old with legal provisions that are severely...
by SAMSN Admin | Jan 5, 2021 | Access to Information, Censorship, Media Regulations, Media Rights Violations, Release, Sri Lanka
The Free Media Movement (FMM) expresses their grave concern over the tendency to indiscriminately block and impede the right to freedom of expression on social media. During the coronavirus pandemic, arrests were taken to arrest people who had expressed various views...
by SAMSN Admin | Dec 11, 2020 | Afghanistan, Killing, Media Rights Violations, Media Rights Violations, Release
Malala Maiwand, 25, a female TV anchor for Enkaas TV and Radio, was killed by gunmen in a targeted attack in Nangarhar province in eastern Afghanistan on December 10. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its Afghanistan affiliate, the Afghan...
