by SAMSN Admin | Mar 8, 2021 | India, Labour rights, Release
Marking International Women’s Day, the Indian Journalists Union (IJU) urged its affiliates and journalists across the country to ensure that pay audits are conducted in their newsrooms and that anomalies in gender pay gap are removed. The IJU also joins the...
by SAMSN Admin | Feb 17, 2021 | Bangladesh, Censorship, Harassment, Media Rights Violations
Bangladesh police this week formally charged three journalists under the Digital Security Act (DSA) for publishing material alleged to have the potential to ‘destroy communal harmony and create unrest’. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) strongly...
by SAMSN Admin | Feb 12, 2021 | Arrest / Detainment, Human Rights, Release, Sri Lanka
The Free Media expresses its appreciation to the judiciary for the acquittal and release of Shakthika Sathkumara, the creative writer arrested indiscriminately under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights Act. We urge the Inspector General of Police...
by SAMSN Admin | Feb 3, 2021 | Impunity, Reaching Out, Release, Sri Lanka
The Free Media Movement, commemorating ‘Black January’ that agitates to see justice for crimes against journalists, now state that it has become a cause that needs to be passed on from generation to generation. A government that promised Justice has faded away without...
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 21, 2020 | Access to Information, Afghanistan, Release
President Ashraf Ghani of Afghanistan in a decree abolished the role of all spokespersons across the country. In the past, each province had a spokesperson to share information with the media. President Ghani now wants governors to share information and abolished the...
