by SAMSN Admin | Nov 2, 2020 | Feature, Impunity, India, Release
India, the world’s largest democracy, has a grim record of 55 journalists killed between 2010 and 2020. Of the long list of murders and targeted killings, just one and only one case has been resolved. The remainder lie largely cold, waiting for authorities either...
by SAMSN Admin | Nov 2, 2020 | Impunity, Release, Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka is a country with a history of non-implementation of Justice to crimes against journalists! While it is the responsibility of any government to ensure Justice regarding crimes committed against journalists, the Free Media Movement expresses its apprehension...
by SAMSN Admin | Oct 19, 2020 | Arrest / Detainment, India, Media Rights Violations, Release
Ramesh Rath, a senior journalist affiliated with Odisha Television (OTV) was arrested in Odisha’s capital Bhubaneswar on October 15. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its Indian affiliate the National Union of Journalists- India (NUJ-I) denounce...
by SAMSN Admin | Oct 14, 2020 | Attack, Media Rights Violations, Release, Sri Lanka
Journalists Shanmugam Thavaseelan and Kanapathipillai Kumanan, correspondents for the Tamil Guardian, were attacked by timber smugglers on October 12 when the journalists duo were working on a story on illegal deforestation and timber smuggling in the Murippu forest...
by SAMSN Admin | Oct 13, 2020 | Attack, Media Rights Violations, Release, Sri Lanka
It has been reported that two journalists who went in search of information on an alleged timber trafficking operation in the Murippu jungle area in the Mullaitivu district have been severely beaten by a group including the timber smuggler and the Free Media Movement...
by SAMSN Admin | Oct 13, 2020 | Bangladesh, Killing, Media Rights Violations, Release
Elias Mia, a correspondent of Daily Bijoy, was hacked to death on October 12 by miscreants in the Narayanganj district for allegedly exposing a criminal nexus in gas line distribution. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) condemns the brutal murder and...
