by SAMSN Admin | Mar 19, 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 | 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 | 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 | Mar 11, 2021 | Afghanistan, Media Rights Violations, Release
Over 300 Afghan female journalists have quit their jobs in recent months due to security concerns, including a spate of female media workers’ killings in the country.The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) is deeply concerned over the critical...
by SAMSN Admin | Mar 10, 2021 | Bangladesh, Killing, Release
The Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) arrested a member of the youth wing of the country’s ruling Awami League on March 7 in connection with the murder of journalist Borhan Uddin Muzakkir during clashes in Noakhali in South Eastern Bangladesh in February 2021. The...
by SAMSN Admin | Mar 9, 2021 | Media Rights Violations, Pakistan, Release, Threat
A court notice published in The Daily Jang newspaper on February 28 has levelled allegations of criminal conduct against the secretary general of the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ). The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its Pakistan...
