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 | Arrest / Detainment, Attack, Media Rights Violations, Release, Sri Lanka
Sri Lankan journalist Sujeewa Gamage, who was arrested by police for allegedly making ‘false claims’ about his own abduction, was granted bail on March 19. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and Sri Lankan affiliate the Free Media Movement (FMM)...
by SAMSN Admin | Mar 16, 2021 | Attack, Media Rights Violations, Release
Several journalists were pushed, chased and assaulted by Samajwadi Party cadres and security personnel of Samajwadi Party leader, Akhilesh Yadav, at a hotel in Moradabad district in Uttar Pradesh (UP) on March 11. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and...
by SAMSN Admin | Jan 19, 2021 | Afghanistan, Attack, Media Rights Violations, Release
A mob of nearly a dozen people led by the imam of a local mosque attacked Zohra Radio in north eastern Kunduz province on January 15 damaging the radio’s equipment and vandalizing the office. The International Federation of journalists (IFJ) and its affiliate the...
by SAMSN Admin | Dec 21, 2020 | Attack, Media Rights Violations, Pakistan, Release
A group of assailants attacked two Abb Takk television journalists on December 18, allegedly in retaliation for stories exposing local mafia operations. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its Pakistan affiliate the Pakistan Federal Union of...
by SAMSN Admin | Dec 21, 2020 | Attack, Media Rights Violations, Pakistan, Release
A group of armed persons attacked Abtak News Bureau Chief Sakhar, interior Sindh, Imdad Pholphoto who along with his colleague Altaf Kalorr sustained serious head injuries and got arm fractured. PFUJ President GM Jamali and Secretary General Rana Muhammad Azeem, has...
