by SAMSN Admin | Nov 20, 2018 | Impunity, Media Rights Violations, Release, Sri Lanka, Threat
Sri Lanka’s government has transferred police inspector Nishantha Silva, who was investigating several major investigations into attacks on journalists during former president Mahinda Rajapaksha’s tenure out of the Criminal Investigation Department with immediate...
by SAMSN Admin | Nov 19, 2018 | Impunity, Release, Sri Lanka
The Free Media Movement believes that at a time when the investigation into the crimes against journalists is already in the downturn, the transfer of Inspector of Police (IP) Nishantha Silva of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) will further disrupt the...
by SAMSN Admin | Nov 14, 2018 | Access to Information, Nepal, Release
Nepal government withheld the decisions of the meeting of the Council of Ministers from the media on November 11. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliates the Federation of Nepali Journalists (FNJ) and the Nepal Press Union (NPU) in...
by SAMSN Admin | Nov 13, 2018 | Attack, Media Rights Violations, Nepal, Release
A dozen cadres of ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) attacked journalist Lokendra Khanal of Nagarik daily in Rukum district in west Nepal on November 9. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliates the Federation of Nepali Journalists (FNJ)...
