by SAMSN Admin | Mar 18, 2021 | Arrest / Detainment, Media Rights Violations, Release, Sri Lanka, Torture
The Free Media Movement considers the abduction and torture of a freelance journalist named Sujeewa Gamage as a serious threat to the safety and security of journalists and calls on the government to conduct a prompt investigation into the incident and disclose the...
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 | Jan 22, 2021 | Arrest / Detainment, India, Media Regulations, Media Rights Violations, Release
A Gujarat court has issued a non-bailable arrest warrant against senior Indian journalist Paranjoy Guha Thakurta following the filing of a defamation case by mining giant the Adani Group. The case pertains to an article Thakurta co-authored about Adani in 2017. The...
by SAMSN Admin | Jan 6, 2021 | Arrest / Detainment, Media Rights Violations, Nepal, Release
नेपाल पत्रकार महासंघ काठमाडौं शाखाका सचिव तथा टिभी टुडे टेलिभिजनका कार्यक्रम सञ्चालक मोहन पन्त, महासंघका केन्द्रीय पार्षद तथा सञ्चार खबर डटकम अनलाइनका सम्पादक मानध्वज लामा र आजको नयाँ संश्लेषण मासिकका कार्यकारी सम्पादक शेरबहादुर विश्वकर्मालाई नेपाल प्रहरीको केन्द्रीय...
by SAMSN Admin | Nov 6, 2020 | Arrest / Detainment, Media Rights Violations, Pakistan, Release
Media columnist and social media activist Bayazid Kharoti, who was reported ‘missing’ since November 4, had actually been arrested in Quetta on charges of meddling in the work of police. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its Pakistan affiliate the...
by SAMSN Admin | Oct 19, 2020 | Arrest / Detainment, India, Media Rights Violations, Release
Ramesh Rath, a senior journalist affiliated with Odisha Television (OTV) was arrested in Odisha’s capital Bhubaneswar on October 15. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its Indian affiliate the National Union of Journalists- India (NUJ-I) denounce...
