by SAMSN Admin | Mar 14, 2018 | Impunity, India, Release
Over six months after the cold-blooded murder of senior journalist Gauri Lankesh in Bangalore, India, an arrest was made of the first accused KT Naveen Kumar. The IFJ urges the Indian authorities to step up the investigation to arrest and prosecute all responsible...
by SAMSN Admin | Mar 9, 2018 | Internet Freedom, Release, Sri Lanka
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliate the Free Media Movement (FMM) Sri Lanka in expressing concern over the blocking of social media in the ongoing state of emergency. The IFJ urges the Government of Sri Lanka to ensure free flow of...
by SAMSN Admin | Mar 9, 2018 | Access to Information, Censorship, Freedom of Expression, Internet Freedom, Release, Sri Lanka
The Free Media Movement believes that in the wake of the communal violence that occurred in the areas of Ampara and Kandy districts, media institutions performed their civic duties to the best of their abilities and their actions should be given due praise. The...
by SAMSN Admin | Mar 9, 2018 | Internet Freedom, Release, Sri Lanka
අම්පාර සහ දිගන ප්රදේශවල පැන නැගුණු වාර්ගික ප්රචණ්ඩත්වය හමුවේ මෙරට ප්රධාන ධාරාවේ බොහෝ ජන මාධ්ය ආයතන සමාජ වගකිම නිසි ලෙස වටහා ගනිමින් ක්රියා කළ ආකාරය පිළිබඳ නිසි ගෞරවය ඔවුන්ට හිමිවිය යුතු බව විශ්වාස කරන නිදහස් මාධ්ය ව්යාපාරය, සමාජ මාධ්ය, සිවිල් සමාජය සහ රජය...
by SAMSN Admin | Mar 8, 2018 | Gender, Release, South Asia
Today, on International Women’s Day, the IFJ Asia-Pacific and its affiliates across the region launched the campaign “IFJ Women Lead”. The IFJ’s 2018 campaign is a key stage in a long-term and progressive strategy for the IFJ and its affiliates in the Asia-Pacific to...
by SAMSN Admin | Mar 8, 2018 | Gender, Nepal, Release
प्रत्येक बर्ष मार्च ८ मा मनाइने अन्तराष्ट्रिय महिला दिवशको अवसरमा आम महिला दिदी बहिनीहरुसँगै सबै सञ्चारकर्मी महिलाहरुलाई नेपाल प्रेस युनियन हार्दिक शुभकामना व्यक्त गर्दछ। ‘Press for Progress’ नाराका साथ मनाइन लागेको १०८ औं अन्तराष्ट्रिय महिला दिवसको अवसरमा...