by SAMSN Admin | Jan 10, 2017 | Media Rights Violations, Release, Sri Lanka
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliate the Free Media Movement (FMM) Sri Lanka in condemning the seizing of a drone camera used by the Hiru TV to report on a demonstration in Mirijjawila, Hambantota on January 7. Hiru TV used the drone...
by SAMSN Admin | Jan 9, 2017 | Media Rights Violations, Release, Sri Lanka
While vehemently condemning the seizing of drone camera of the Hiru TV while reporting the protest against Sri Lanka-China joint venture in Mirijjawila, Hambantota, the Free Media Movement states that it is a grave violation of professional rights of journalists. The...
by SAMSN Admin | Jan 8, 2017 | Impunity, SAMSN Blog, Sri Lanka
Eight years after the murder of The Sunday Leader editor Lasantha Wickrematunge, his colleague Dilrukshi Handunnetti remembers all that he stood for: truth, courage, and justice. Way back in 2007, when I was assigned one of the biggest investigative stories I was ever...
by SAMSN Admin | Jan 5, 2017 | India, Media Rights Violations, Release
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliate the National Union of Journalists (India) in strongly condemning the killing of a journalist in Samastipur district of Bihar, India on January 3. The IFJ demands the immediate arrest and prosecution...
by SAMSN Admin | Jan 4, 2017 | India, Killing, Media Rights Violations, Release
The National Union of Journalists (India) is shocked over the growing attacks on journalists in Bihar. The latest brutal attack on a journalist, Brajesh Kumar, by about five-six unidentified men at Salkhani village of Bibhutipur distirct is highly condemnable. The...
by SAMSN Admin | Jan 4, 2017 | India, Killing, Media Rights Violations, Release
A senior journalist, Hari Prakash, was found dead in Jharkhand’s Hazaribagh district. The family members of the journalist claimed that he has been murdered. He was missing for the last two days. The police recovered a bottle of poison from the journalist, and...
