by SAMSN Admin | Feb 9, 2018 | Harassment, Maldives, Media Rights Violations, Release
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) is deeply concerned over the deteriorating state of press freedom in the Maldives amidst political turmoil. The suspension of Raajje TV’s broadcasts on February 8 does not portend well for dissenting voices in the...
by SAMSN Admin | Feb 8, 2018 | Attack, Media Rights Violations, Nepal, Release
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliate the Nepal Press Union (NPU) in condemning the police attack on a journalist in Pokhara, western Nepal on February 6. The IFJ demands action against the police personnel involved. Prakash Dhakal, a...
by SAMSN Admin | Feb 6, 2018 | Attack, Media Rights Violations, Nepal, Release
नेपाल प्रेस युनियनका सदस्य तथा पोखराबाट प्रकाशित हुने आदर्श समाज दैनिकमा कार्यरत पत्रकार प्रकाश ढकालमाथि समाचार संकलनका क्रममा मंगलवार प्रहरीले लाठी प्रहार गरि घाईते बनाएको घटनाप्रति नेपाल प्रेस युनियनको ध्यानाकर्षण भएको छ। पृथ्वीनारायण क्याम्पस पोखराका विद्यार्थी...
by SAMSN Admin | Feb 5, 2018 | Maldives, Media Rights Violations, Release, Threat
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) condemns the statement by a senior political leader calling for the shutdown of a television station amid the unfolding political crisis in the Maldives on February 4. The IFJ demands respect for press freedom in the...
by SAMSN Admin | Feb 2, 2018 | Media Rights Violations, Release, Sri Lanka, Threat
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins the Free Media Movement (FMM), Sri Lanka in condemning the intimidation of two journalists, forcing them to stop covering a political rally in Badulla, Uva Province in central Sri Lanka on January 28. The IFJ...
by SAMSN Admin | Jan 31, 2018 | Impunity, SAMSN Blog, Sri Lanka
Let us light a lamp for suffering journalists in Sri Lanka to mark three years of the Yaha Palana government, says the Free Media Movement Sri Lankan journalists have suffered in many ways while performing their professional duties and have been demanding that justice...
