by SAMSN Admin | Feb 20, 2019 | Access to Information, Attack, Media Rights Violations, Release, Sri Lanka
Sri Lankan journalist Nadarajah Kugarajah was attacked by police in Jaffna on February 20, 2019. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliate the Free Media Movement (FMM) is strongly criticizing the attack and calling for an immediate...
by SAMSN Admin | Feb 20, 2019 | Access to Information, Alert, Attack, Media Rights Violations, Right to Information, Sri Lanka
The Free Media Movement, while strongly condemning the police attack on journalist Nadarajah Kugarajah, urges all relevant authorities to immediately investigate the incident and to mete out justice. Nadarajah Kugarajah, a journalist from Tamil television channel...
by SAMSN Admin | Feb 7, 2019 | Attack, India, Media Rights Violations, Release
New Delhi/Hyderabad, February6: The Indian Journalists Union (IJU) has condemned the thrashing of a local journalist in Raipur by the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) functionaries last week and demanded that the government of Chhattisgarh should take against them. It also...
by SAMSN Admin | Feb 7, 2019 | Attack, India, Media Rights Violations, Release
Suman Pandey and Vinod Dongre were attacked as they covered a meeting of officials from the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Raipur, Chhattisgarh on February 2. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliate the Indian Journalists Union...
by SAMSN Admin | Nov 29, 2018 | Attack, Media Rights Violations, Release, Sri Lanka
Several journalists were assaulted while covering the court appearance of the Chief of Defense Staff Ravindra Wijegunaratne at the Fort Magistrate’s Court, Colombo, Sri Lanka on November 28. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliate the...
by SAMSN Admin | Nov 13, 2018 | Attack, Media Rights Violations, Nepal, Release
A dozen cadres of ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) attacked journalist Lokendra Khanal of Nagarik daily in Rukum district in west Nepal on November 9. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliates the Federation of Nepali Journalists (FNJ)...
