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 25, 2021 | Media Rights Violations, Release, Sri Lanka
The statement made by President Gotabhaya Rajapaksa regarding the media, while participating in a “Discussion with the village” programme held on March 20 in the Yombuweltenna village in the Walapane Divisional Secretariat Division of the Nuwara Eliya District, gives...
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...
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...
