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 | Apr 11, 2021 | Afghanistan, Killing, Media Rights Violations, Release
In a key development in the fight against impunity, Afghanistan’s police arrested 11 Taliban members on April 7 for their suspected role in a series of targeted killings, including that of journalist Yama Siawash. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ)...
by SAMSN Admin | Mar 26, 2021 | Media Rights Violations, Pakistan, Release, Threat
Media union leader Rana Muhammad Azeem, secretary general of the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ), received a death threat after exposing a mafia gangster in a television appearance. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its Pakistan...
by SAMSN Admin | Mar 26, 2021 | Harassment, Media Rights Violations, Pakistan, Release, Threat
Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) has strongly condemned murder threats to PFUJ Secretary General Rana Muhammad Azeem for exposing mafia in his TV talk show and demanded Chief Minister Punjab and IG Punjab Police to provide security to PFUJ Secretary...
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 22, 2021 | Killing, Media Rights Violations, Pakistan, Release
Ajay Lalwani, a reporter with Royal News TV and Daily Puchano died on March 18 after sustaining multiple gunshot wounds in an attack in Sindh province. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its Pakistan affiliate the Pakistan Federal Union of...
