by SAMSN Admin | Jul 29, 2019 | Access to Information, Censorship, Media Regulations, News, Pakistan, Politics, Release
An interview with Pakistan’s former president was taken off air within minutes of commencing broadcast on Geo News on July 1, drawing criticism of high level interference and attempt at controlling Pakistan’s media. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ)...
by SAMSN Admin | Jun 20, 2019 | Access to Information, Censorship, Freedom of Expression, Human Rights, Media Regulations, News, Politics, Release, Right to Information, Sri Lanka
The Free Media Movement has released a letter written to Hon Minister of Justice & Prison Reform on revision of laws relating to false news distribution and hate speech Read the letter here
by SAMSN Admin | Jun 17, 2019 | Access to Information, Media Regulations, News, Sri Lanka
The Free Media Movement strongly condemns the attempts to pursue legal action under the provisions of the INTERNATIONAL COVENANT ON CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS (ICCPR) ACT No 56. of 2007 and urges all responsible stakeholders to draw their attention to avoid using the...
by SAMSN Admin | Jun 4, 2019 | Access to Information, Freedom of Expression, Media Regulations, News, Politics, Right to Information, Sri Lanka
The Free Media Movement strongly condemns the abrupt suspension of the Parliament Select Committee (PSC) live proceedings, which was probing the Easter Sunday terrorist attacks since it is a violation of people’s right to information. There is great apprehension and...
by SAMSN Admin | May 13, 2019 | Access to Information, Censorship, Freedom of Expression, Media Regulations, News, Release, Right to Information, Sri Lanka
Whilst recognizing that we should expect an ethical consideration and discipline from the local media in their reporting of the Easter Sunday attack and the related investigations at this time, the Free Media Movement wishes to strongly emphasize that we cannot be...
by SAMSN Admin | May 13, 2019 | Access to Information, Censorship, Freedom of Expression, Media Regulations, Nepal, News, Release, Right to Information
Federation of Nepali Journalists (FNJ) is highly concerned on the “”Nepal Media Council Bill” recently registered at parliament and the proposed “Mass Communication Bill”, which is ready to be registered at the parliament. “Both the...
