by SAMSN Admin | Dec 16, 2016 | Bulletin, South Asia
Welcome to the monthly e-bulletin of the South Asia Media Solidarity Network (SAMSN). The next bulletin will be sent on January 16, 2017, and your inputs are most welcome. We encourage contributions to let others know your activities; to seek solidarity and support...
by SAMSN Admin | Dec 13, 2016 | Attack, Media Rights Violations, Release, Sri Lanka
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins the Free Media Movement, Sri Lanka (FMM) in condemning the attack by the Sri Lankan Navy commander on a journalist at the Magampura Port in Hambantota, Southern Province on December 10. The IFJ demands immediate...
by SAMSN Admin | Dec 12, 2016 | Attack, Media Rights Violations, Release, Sri Lanka
The Free Media Movement, condemning the attack on journalists by the Navy,including the Navy Commander on the International Human Rights Day (10th December), urges the President to commence a special investigation and take legal actions. The Navy had launched a...
by SAMSN Admin | Dec 12, 2016 | India, Media Rights Violations, Release
नेशनल यूनियन ऑफ जर्नलिस्ट्स (इंडिया) के प्रतिनिधिमंल ने देशभर में पत्रकारों पर हमलों के खिलाफ प्रधानमंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी को ज्ञापन सौंपा। ज्ञापन में पत्रकार सुरक्षा कानून, मीडिया आयोग, मीडिया काउंसिल बनाने तथा लघु व मध्यम समाचार पत्र-पत्रिकाओं की समस्याओं पर गौर करने...
by SAMSN Admin | Dec 8, 2016 | Impunity, India, Release
In order to draw the attention of the Government of India on growing attacks on mediapersons all over the country during the last one decade and pressing upon its demand for enactment of a Journalists Protection Act, the National Union of Journalists (India) today...
by SAMSN Admin | Dec 5, 2016 | SAMSN Blog
Priyanka Borpujari analyses the power imbalance inherent in terms like ‘fixer’ and ‘foreign correspondent’. On December 7, 2016, Angel İstek Alcu, the first woman to receive the Martin Adler Prize will be honoured at the Rory Peck Awards ceremony. Her citation says...
